Største delen av nye sexarbeidere holder til i Rajdamnoen området. Dette er kvinner som er jobbløse på grunn av at fabrikker de har jobbet på er stengte.
Numbers of homeless and sex workers ‘increasing in Bangkok’
THERE HAS been a surge in the number of homeless people and sex workers in Bangkok, statistics provided by an organisation show.
Issarachon Foundation revealed that the number of homeless people in Bangkok had risen by almost 10 per cent within a year – from 3,630 people in 2017 to 3,993 last year. Of these 2,424 were males while 1,569 were females.
Most homeless people were found in Phra Nakhon district (687), followed by Bang Sue (302), Chatuchak (277), Pathum Wan (224), and Samphanthawong (204), the foundation’s secretary-general, Atchara Sonwaree, said.
The foundation also said that more elderly people and mentally ill people were living on the streets after being evicted from their homes by their families.
There is also an increase in the number of sex workers, especially in the Rajdamnoen area, Atchara said. Most of these women were factory workers who entered the trade for economic reasons, or because the factories where they worked had closed down.
These rising numbers show that Bangkok’s policies do not tackle the problem at its root, the foundation pointed out.