{"id":38649,"date":"2016-06-03T16:20:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T20:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/migrant-men-in-greece-are-selling-sex-to-survive\/"},"modified":"2016-06-03T16:20:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T20:20:57","slug":"migrant-men-in-greece-are-selling-sex-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/migrant-men-in-greece-are-selling-sex-to-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrant Men in Greece are Selling Sex to Survive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Migrant Men in Greece are Selling Sex to Survive<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/migrant-men-greece-selling-sex-survive\/hellinikon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-315574\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/hellinikon.jpeg?resize=600%2C429\" alt=\"hellinikon\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/hellinikon.jpeg?w=600 600w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/hellinikon.jpeg?resize=300%2C215 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&rsquo;s note: The names of the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> workers in this story have been changed to&nbsp;protect their safety.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The first time Abdullah had <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> for money was just two weeks after he arrived in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>He was living at a disused&nbsp;airport&nbsp;along with thousands of&nbsp;other Afghan migrants.&nbsp;A week after he moved in, some friends took him along with them to the Pedion tou Areos, Athens&rsquo; main public park.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah didn&rsquo;t like it. &ldquo;It was a dirty place,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;There were people there using drugs. A lot of strange people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some of those people were older <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> who would come up and start talking to him. It was then that his friends told him why they came to the park. &ldquo;They told me, &lsquo;We have <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> with these <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a>, and they pay us.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his birth country Iran, he had slept with both <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girls<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boys<\/a>, he said, but never with &ldquo;old <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I got angry,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I had just arrived, and I had to do this just to get some money.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But he stayed in the park for several hours, and after being approached by various <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>, he had <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> with one of them in a wooded area off the main pavilion, for 20 euros (a little over&nbsp;$20).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t have any money,&rdquo; Abdullah said. &ldquo;At the airport, there is no healthy work. You can sell drugs, sell <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> or work for smugglers to find customers. There was no other way for me. I didn&rsquo;t even have 20 cents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> in Athens, hardly any of whom&nbsp;actually&nbsp;want to stay&nbsp;there. The continent&rsquo;s new border rules have left them trapped on their way to northern Europe, and when their money runs out there&rsquo;s&nbsp;almost&nbsp;no legal way to earn more. This is especially true for people from countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan&nbsp;and Iran, whose&nbsp;citizenship classifies them in Europe&nbsp;as &ldquo;economic migrants,&rdquo;&nbsp;and who for that reason have been stuck in the city longer than most Syrians, who are considered &ldquo;refugees.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>With no money left, some young <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> sell <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> to survive &mdash; in Pedion tou Areos, Victoria Square, and various bars and clubs around the city.<\/p>\n<p>In Greece, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> work is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.services4sexworkers.eu\/s4swi\/articles\/view\/id\/64\" target=\"_blank\">legal only in registered brothels<\/a>. But it&rsquo;s common on the streets, too.&nbsp;Years of economic hard times have lured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/women\/politics\/prostitution-the-hidden-cost-of-greeces-economic-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">more women into prostitution<\/a>. That&rsquo;s well known. The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> trade, on the other hand, is little reported, but it appears to be rising as Greece struggles with its economic and&nbsp;refugee crises.<\/p>\n<p>In past years, many of Athens&rsquo; <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> workers were Albanians, Bulgarians, Romanians and Roma. Recently, they have also included young <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> from the Middle East and South Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Sami&rsquo;s Bar, in the run-down Fylis Street neighborhood, has always been a place to meet young&nbsp;migrants.&nbsp;On a recent Saturday night, the small club was packed with young Iranians and older Greeks. Iranian and Afghan music blasted on the speakers. Shirtless <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a> danced on the bar, while groups of older <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> settled in at booths with liquor bottles and buckets of ice. Young <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> mingled with them or stood around, waiting.<\/p>\n<p>One young <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guy<\/a>, Hassan, sat with his friend against the wall, looking glum. He said he was 24 and his friend was 20. He&rsquo;d been in Greece two months after coming from Iran. Hassan and his friend both lived at the airport. &ldquo;<em>Aeroport<\/em>, no good!&rdquo; Hassan shouted over the music. &ldquo;Food, very bad! No shower!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/migrant-men-greece-selling-sex-survive\/_70a7758-2016-6-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-315571\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7758-2016-6-2.jpg?resize=740%2C493\" alt=\"A scene from the disused Hellinikon airport, now an informal shelter for thousands of migrants. (Credit: Jodi Hilton\/Pulitzer Center)\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7758-2016-6-2.jpg?w=900 900w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7758-2016-6-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7758-2016-6-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A scene from the disused Hellinikon airport, now an informal shelter for thousands of migrants. (Credit: Jodi Hilton\/Pulitzer Center)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This was his second time at the club. A customer sat down next to him. Within a few minutes, with one of the dancers acting as translator and negotiator, they settled on a price of 30 euros and left.<\/p>\n<p>Despite everyday&nbsp;transactions like these, immigrant life in Athens is so separate from Greek life that some&nbsp;local residents say they&rsquo;re entirely unaware of venues like that. &ldquo;A lot of Greek <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a> have no idea this is going on,&rdquo; Zak Kostopoulos, a writer and activist, said of the Sami&rsquo;s scene. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ll never see the same person in both those places &mdash; Sami&rsquo;s and a mainstream place. It&rsquo;s a completely different crowd.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to a number of Athenians interviewed for this story, many of the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> who frequent Sami&rsquo;s and other cruising spots to pay for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> are married or in the closet. Many of the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> turning tricks, on the other hand, don&rsquo;t&nbsp;consider themselves <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> because, as they see it,&nbsp;they&rsquo;re being paid and they typically are the top&nbsp;in the transaction,&nbsp;said Adonis Primikiris, who works with the HIV awareness nonprofit Checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Pedion tou Areos has long been a site for secretive activities: cruising and hustling on one side of the central pavilion and drug use on the other. During a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> of recent afternoon visits to the hustling area, most of the people there were young <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> sitting on benches and older Greek ones walking by slowly and looking them over. One Greek <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> worker named Stratos, a regular at the park, said the other <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a> there used to be from Eastern Europe, but last summer newcomers began arriving from the Middle East and South Asia. There were <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> workers from Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan, none older than 25 and some who looked like <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">teenagers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The standard price for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> was about 10 euros, but a guide and translator&nbsp;who described himself as an occasional customer at the park, said that if you are willing to negotiate, and wait, you could pay as little as 2 euros.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some of the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boys<\/a> are ashamed to ask for money,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll only ask you afterwards, and you can pay them if you want to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h3>Olympic village turned&nbsp;migrant central<\/h3>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/migrant-men-greece-selling-sex-survive\/_70a7712-2016-6-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-315572\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7712-2016-6-2.jpg?resize=740%2C493\" alt=\"This was a venue for the 2004 Olympics. (Credit: Jodi Hilton\/Pulitzer Center)\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7712-2016-6-2.jpg?w=900 900w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7712-2016-6-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7712-2016-6-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was a venue for the 2004 Olympics. (Credit: Jodi Hilton\/Pulitzer Center)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The abandoned Hellinikon&nbsp;Olympic complex and&nbsp;airport, where Abdullah resides, shelter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msf.org\/en\/article\/eu-migration-crisis-update-may-2016\" target=\"_blank\">more than 4,000 people<\/a>.&nbsp;In the main airport terminal, lit signs for the boarding gates and baggage claims are on, but the entire floor now contains nothing but tents from one end to the other. People here wait in line for food prepared in a kitchen downstairs and sometimes walk across the highway to the beach to bathe. A few humanitarian groups come out to help, but they can provide little outside of the most basic services. About 1,000 of the people living here went on hunger strike recently to protest poor conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the people at the airport are from Afghanistan, with a few from Iran. Abdullah is Afghan but was born in Iran after his parents fled war in their country. His father was in jail for most of his childhood, and to support his family Abdullah worked six days a week at a factory.<\/p>\n<p>From Greece, Abdullah wants to go to Sweden. He says he&rsquo;s 19, but he looks younger. He&rsquo;s tall and handsome, with an open, innocent-looking face. But his eyes are glassy and tired.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/migrant-men-greece-selling-sex-survive\/_70a7691-2016-6-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-315573\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7691-2016-6-2.jpg?resize=740%2C493\" alt=\"_70A7691 2016-6-2\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7691-2016-6-2.jpg?w=900 900w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7691-2016-6-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70A7691-2016-6-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have any help from anyone here,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We had only one hope, that the border was open, and now it&rsquo;s closed. I don&rsquo;t have money to go anywhere. I don&rsquo;t know what to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No one else seems to know either. Few migrants are going back home, and few have the money for a smuggler. Those in Athens can apply to be resettled elsewhere in the EU, but the application process has stalled: According to <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/dgs\/home-affairs\/what-we-do\/policies\/european-agenda-migration\/press-material\/docs\/state_of_play_-_relocation_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">European Commission statistics<\/a>, less than 2 percent of the refugees in Greece have so far found a place in other European countries.<\/p>\n<p>With no way to earn income, desperation will deepen. Athens and the refugees may be stuck with each other for years.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2016-06-02\/migrant-men-greece-are-selling-sex-survive\" target=\"_blank\">This article first appeared on PRI&rsquo;s The World<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/migrant-men-greece-selling-sex-survive\/\">Migrant Men in Greece are Selling Sex to Survive<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Isw1R3xCCXk:G__S9YArZ0s:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Isw1R3xCCXk:G__S9YArZ0s:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Isw1R3xCCXk:G__S9YArZ0s:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Isw1R3xCCXk:G__S9YArZ0s:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=Isw1R3xCCXk:G__S9YArZ0s:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Isw1R3xCCXk:G__S9YArZ0s:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Isw1R3xCCXk:G__S9YArZ0s:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/Isw1R3xCCXk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/Isw1R3xCCXk\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/Isw1R3xCCXk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Migrant Men in Greece are Selling Sex to Survive &nbsp; Editor&rsquo;s note: The names of the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> workers in this story have been changed to&nbsp;protect their safety. The first time Abdullah had <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> for money was just two weeks after he arrived in Athens. 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