They are between 15 and 17 years old on average but start to sell their bodies more and more young, from 14 years old for half of them.
In full expansion, the phenomenon of prostitution of minors now concerns between 7,000 and 10,000 adolescents in France.
The government presents Monday a first interministerial plan, endowed with 14 million euros, to fight against this scourge.
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Victims and witnesses will be in the forefront during the presentation of these measures, orchestrated by the Secretary of State for Children and Families, Adrien Taquet.
Like Jennifer Pailhé, a 33-year-old Toulouse woman who has moved heaven and earth to help her underage daughter free herself from her pimping boyfriend.
At the time, Assia was 14 years old.
“I was alone with the police and social workers who said they couldn't help me.
For them, prostitution was still a girl in a miniskirt under a lamppost, she
confides in
Figaro
.
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