![]() Sex worker Laura, 33, from Italy, said: 'I have never seen a man from Britain behaving badly, and I've been working here for six years. 'There is much anger among the sex workers here and we have been holding protests outside City Hall.' But from Friday we are closing at 3am and this is their way of starting to shut us down. 'Usually, I work until 5am and I can be very busy until then. From this weekend we must start closing early. 'We as sex workers know that the politicians want to close the red-light area. Sex workers also protested plans to shutter the city's historic red light district, to be moved to a new erotic centre, in Amsterdam 'But it is not illegal to pay for sex here or smoke drugs in Amsterdam so the British men should not be thinking of stopping. 'But I don't know why Englishmen have been chosen. 'It isn't about nationality when a drunk man tries to give you 20 Euros for sex when the price is 150 Euros and treats you as if you are not a human being. ![]() 'Okay the British can be terrible when they are drunk, but so can the Dutch, Germans and men from Spain. 'Men come from all over the world to drink and have sex - and most are well behaved. 'When I came to work today at 5pm there were two men vomiting outside because of drink - btu and they could have been from any country because that is what it is like here. Tessa added: 'Men can be rude and horrible from anywhere in the world. They confronted Mayor Femke Halsema who was surrounded by police and minders as she heard of their anger and promised she would study their complaints. ![]() She spoke as 200 sex workers protested outside Amsterdam's City Hall against the 'Stay Away' campaign and the reduction of the hours they can operate from windows in the red light district. Dutch tourist chiefs this week launched a controversial advert discouraging nuisance behaviour from boozy stag parties of young men from the UK ![]()
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