WIKILEAKS and US Ambassador in Armenia describes how Armenian families send their pre-teenage girls to Turkey for prostitution:
But the illegals also work in other services.
Armenian Illegal Migrants Put National Grievances Aside for Work
EurasiaNet.org
Cable reference id: #06YEREVAN1019Pre-teenage girls ride buses to Turkey carrying permission letters signed by their parents, who for the most part have dispatched their daughters themselves, and who understand exactly how young Anahit or Armine will earn the several hundred dollars she will send home each month.
But the illegals also work in other services.
Armenian Illegal Migrants Put National Grievances Aside for Work
EurasiaNet.org
This is our life, full of hardships and privation, but we believe at least that we can help our families in Armenia, said one 62-year-old Armenian woman from Etchmiadzin, just outside Yerevan, who moved to Istanbul several years ago and works as a cleaner and cook for one Turkish family. Cleaners generally earn about $500 to $1,000 per month.
She says she has already mastered Turkish and enjoys human communication with her employers.