The statistics from these countries alone give cause for distress. They show that sixty percent of the 20,000 prostitutes in the Netherlands are foreigners. The numbers also show that a significant portion of those women are in the country illegally. In Amsterdam, there are approximately 3,000 prostitutes from the countries of Latin America, including the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Brazil. According to various data, the general number of prostitutes in Germany is between 60,000 and 200,000.
Foreign women make up over half the number of women working in the German sex industry.
Most often, these are women from Thailand, the Philippines, Ghana and Brazil. But in the last few years in Germany, increasing numbers of women from Eastern Europe and Latin America have entered prostitution. There are more than 60 marriage agencies registered in Germany. All are dedicated to facilitating contacts with citizens of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. According to a report published in 1992 by the Ministry for Women and Youth Affairs, each year there is an increase in the number of marriages between citizens of the Philippines and Germany.