Ms Patricia Stapleton:

While some people enter prostitution of their own free will, that free will is very circumscribed and there are few options open to them. While a gun may not be held to one's head, one's options are very limited. People choose to go into prostitution because they have no access to social welfare or the jobs market because of limitations in the work permits system. While it may be a choice, the issue is: what are their options?