Policing Chinese migrant sex workers in Hong Kong

International Migration

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 95-121

  Lee, Maggy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; PROSTITUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 47949120062     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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