Spaniards in Geneva: the mobility routes of sex workers

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This article presents a study on the intra-European mobility of sex work- ers, a little-researched topic, which considers mobility as capital, mobile subjectivities, and the hopes generated by such mobility. It is a strategy to improve their working conditions that can be carried out within the same industry (in brothels, apartments, hotels, etc.) or within the same context, through national or international travel. This article explores the mobility trajectory of Spanish sex workers in Geneva (Switzerland). It delves into the reasons that lead them to move to another country, the knowledge they had before embarking on this mobility process, and the possible existence of exploitation or coercion. The ethnographic work was carried out in the city of Geneva, where observations and interviews were collected with Spanish sex workers, owners and managers of sex businesses, and members of an NGO. The results obtained refer to the safety conditions and benefits that sex workers obtain from this mobility, as well as the policies and measures relating to sex work that are applied in both countries.