Prostitutes excluded from work permit waiver (Netherlands)

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&e=13&u=/nm/oukoe_dutch_prostitutes
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Foreign prostitutes in the Netherlands are to be excluded from new rules that allow foreigners who are specialists in their fields to work in the country without a permit, the government says.

The decision on Friday angered members of the world's oldest profession, which is legal in the Netherlands, who argued they too should be considered experts since "what we do isn't taught on any school curriculum".

The country is home to 30,000 prostitutes, many of them foreigners, who have their own trade union and pay income tax.

rom October 1, the Netherlands will allow foreign specialists to work without a permit as long as they earn more than 45,000 euros a year if they are over 30 years old, or 32,600 euros if they are younger than 30.

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Even though I disagree with that decision... Go Holland! ;)