[Influx of prostitution into Germany]

Movement of international prostitution as it has been known for a long time usually takes place in two different ways. One way is that men travel as customers to so-called low-cost tourist countries where they spend some time with prostitutes. In the other instance young women from developing countries and also from the former Eastern European countries are being lured into Germany. These women are trying to escape miserable conditions in their countries and often arrive with great expectations. There is no statistical information available about the numbers of these young women. Recently inquiries have been made from all public health advisory centres for venereal diseases to obtain such information. We report on the method of the Berlin public health advisory centres for venereal diseases to improve the state of health of these women who were dragged from their homelands.