Brussels’ sex workers are angry that they were not consulted before the City of Brussels sprung a prostitution ban on them on Monday evening, in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus in the city.
“The biggest issue is not even the ban, the issue is that it was sprung on us out of the blue,” Maes said. “What makes us upset most of all is that we were not contacted or informed in advance.”
Many of the sex workers in the City of Brussels, especially those working the streets in the Alhambra district, are already in precarious situations, and the ban only makes it harder on them, according to him.