Deep inside the forest of Italy lies loads of sex workers who come from Nigeria. According to statistics, there are currently 10,000 to 20,000 Nigerian sex workers in Italy. The early 1980s, Nigeria, Africa and France have a lot of immigrants came to work in Italy.
At first, they just do farming activities in some tomato farm land, however, when the farm closed, in order to survive they have to start making money.
As men remained at work in the fields of the southern regions of Italy where organised crime thrives, and the line between legitimate and illegal enterprises is often blurred, the first Nigerian women began to independently work as prostitutes.
The eerie makeshift atmosphere of the sex camps represents a clear sense that theeconomic and social crises are degrading the condition of everyday life for a vast range of people in many parts of the world and that the global elites’ answers to these crises cannot provide any solutions, regulations or reprieve in the near future.
For over 20 years, the women of Benin City, a town in the state of Edo in the
south-central part of Nigeria, have traveled to Italy to work in the sex trade. Every year, successful ones recruit younger girls to follow in their steps. Most migrant women, including those who end up in the sex industry, have made a clear decision to leave home and take their chances overseas.
The underground economy attracted immigrant workers providing them jobs without regulations. In a market strongly segmented by gender, age, educational qualifications and population shortages with immigrants, problems are worsened by a political system and public opinion where xenophobia is widespread.
But income sex workers are still minimal, sometimes only 10 euros only. Many sex workers from Nigeria have chosen to work in the forest; they will place a mattress in the forest, and to provide sexual services on it.
In this corner of Italy developed European countries, they use their own way, to seek a way out . Photographer Paolo Patrizi they use their own cameras, recording several Nigerian sex workers in the forest.
For over 20 years, the women of Benin City, a town in the state of Edo in the
south-central part of Nigeria, have traveled to Italy to work in the sex trade. Every year, successful ones recruit younger girls to follow in their steps. Most migrant women, including those who end up in the sex industry, have made a clear decision to leave home and take their chances overseas.
But income sex workers are still minimal, sometimes only 10 euros only. Many sex workers from Nigeria have chosen to work in the forest; they will place a mattress in the forest, and to provide sexual services on it.
In this corner of Italy developed European countries, they use their own way, to seek a way out . Photographer Paolo Patrizi they use their own cameras, recording several Nigerian sex workers in the forest.
Nigerian women working as prostitutes in the North area of Turin
They are headstrong and ambitious women who migrate in order to escape conflict, persecution, environmental degradation, natural disasters, and other situations that affect their habitat and livelihood.The success of many Italos, as these women are called, is evident in Edo, partly in the form of grand houses built with remittances, therefore for many girls prostitution in Italy has become an entirely acceptable trade.
They have chosen a variety of ways to exploit their personal assets. These range from being erotic dancers, to real contact work of varying levels of intimacy.
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