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By continuing to use this site, you consent to the use of cookies. We value your privacy. Research Report 1, Affiliation: The goal is to update existing research carried out in Cambodia in the late s by Western researchers commissioned by aid organizations, and to bring a Vietnamese perspective into the picture. Research had explained mobility from Vietnam in the late s in terms of the easy money female migrant prostitutes could earn in Cambodia.
According to my findings, the situation has changed and this paper explores why. Although illegal migration for prostitution from Vietnam to Phnom Penh remains an easy alternative, it appears less attractive than in the late s and early s in the context of increasing globalization and inter-connections in Asia. First, the paper examines the situation on the ground in the late s: Brothel owners from this red light district recruited thousands of Vietnamese migrant sex workers by offering them a payday advance that they had to reimburse by providing sexual services.
Moreover, among the causes that motivated cross-mobility for the purpose of sexual commerce, indebtedness occupied a prime place. Second, the paper explores the reasons underlying the obvious change of perception by potential unskilled migrants who no longer perceive Cambodia as some sort El Dorado and therefore an appealing destination.
Various reasons explain this change, like increased awareness of the risks of deception, debt bondage and exploitation thanks to campaigns against human trafficking.
