Sex workers in Germany 'at risk' due to Covid restrictions

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Germany's brothels closed sex work banned because of corona moment like many Aisha isn't registered with the authorities and told us she's no choice but to keep working she didn't want to be identified with an early evening in one of berlin's red-light districts we saw at least a dozen sex workers what's causing concern are the ones you can't see the corona restrictions are supposed to make life safer for all of us the sex workers we've spoken to say for them they've simply made life more dangerous and some suspect an ulterior motive an attack on the industry itself this voyage is foreign Zuzu Casper and Cleo are part of a support network run by trans sex workers we met them as they prepared to hand out supplies advice to people on the streets here early in the pandemic they called us super spreaders and even if you were like seeing a lot of clients it's actually not a lot of contacts compared to other types of industries where they're able to work as I mean for example these meatpacking factories where there's hundreds of workers it is way more dangerous working now they're afraid of getting a fine if they call the police if something happens also clients know that it's a view at the moment so clients they can steal your money and just leave because what do you want to do call the police but with hotels being closed then often we're like expected to host clients in our homes but they don't want to give any information so you just end up having to decide whether you are going to take the money and be unsafe pay your rent you know it's not nice yeah it's normally a situation the pandemics exposed parts of german society some would prefer to ignore what they really want here is recognition you.