‘Prostitutes are victims and not criminals’

We cannot have prostitutes cast as criminals or victims, depending on which side of the border they are in, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has urged.

INMO director of social policy Edward Mathews said legislation would be introduced in the North on June 1 that would make it illegal to pay for sex.

Last November, the Government published the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill, which criminalises those who purchase sexual services.