Ms Denise Charlton:

I do not know that part of the report, but there is an absolute link between sex trafficking and prostitution. Trafficking is a legal definition that most of the women in the sex industry are not even aware of. If women who are in the sex trade come to the immigrant council seeking assistance, often it is with regard to their immigration status. That is how they present to our services. Alternatively, they present to the women's health project because of a health need. They do not describe themselves as having been trafficked; they describe themselves as being in the sex trade. They can then be defined as having been trafficked in order to receive limited services in the country, but it is a legal definition. I would say that women present as being in the sex trade and then some of them are identified as having been trafficked. There is an absolute link; one cannot separate the two. It is merely a way of defining some women within that industry.