Some 150 Chinese prostitutes work in Belleville. The vast majority of them are undocumented migrants, and many of them are also aged and sick. . Ahead of the Paris Olympics, they say they are being targeted in a police crack-down.
Rarely have the sex workers in Paris’s Belleville neighbourhood, particularly those of Chinese origin, been so worried. As the countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympics continues, so does a police crackdown on the undocumented and vulnerable prostitutes who say they are being targeted in a brutal campaign to polish up the City of Light in time for the Games.
