Lured to Norway with promises of riches and a secure life, many Thai women are instead abused or dumped by their husbands, often in favour of other women from their home country, according to the Church City Mission Kirkens Bymisjon. A large proportion of the people working at the massage centres are Thai women who are desperate for work, speak little Norwegian, and are often pressed into selling sex against their will, the Church City Mission said.
Nadheim has now begun contacting the women in question to inform them of their right to assistance from the authorities. Thorsen stressed that, of the 15, Thai women living in Norway, only a very small minority work in prostitution.
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