Many women and men travel to European Union countries in search of economic improvement.
Sex work is one of their options.
As the differences in economic perspectives between the former communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe are remarkable, an increasing number of sex workers move from poorer countries in Eastern Europe to richer countries in the area, such as Hungary or the Czech Republic. East-East migration has therefore become an important recent phenomenon. Deadline for application has been extended to March 1 2001.