If you think there's a lot of south americans here you need to head to spain
There no lingo issues & an easy passage into europe
Most of them wont need to pay for a bent passport, they apply for one like people do here
Perhaps if they have a criminal record there may be a need for some payments, or they dont want to wait donkeys ages
Speaking with the SPs i had some fun with in Curacao they indicated easy to travel in south america
It was more that they needed to get the cash together to get to Curacao in the 1st place
And to avoid trafficking gangs who supposedly make it easy
Have spoken with a couple of brazza burds [over here] i'd seen a couple of times each, where there was some chit-chat
Pretty sure they need to renew their visas every 6 months or something like that
So they head back to spain to get the appropriate visa extensions
Got the impression that easier & cheaper for them to secure this in Spain
Govt / immigration staff not paid so highly & a culture where UTC payments are much more the norm, a way of doing business
Whether this is cash or some unpaid overtime for the SPs who knows
As for weirdness, no difference twith SA burds than EE SPs migrating to the UK
Just depends where you choose to interact with the SPs, from whichever country or continent they may be
Pick shit hole areas like east london, north east & south east [london] with SPs at the cheaper end of the market you are more likely to encounter problems
I cant see the wheels coming off for the world's oldest profession anytime soon
Economic pressures & regulatory stuff like visas will deter some for sure however the status quo overall wont change too much
I got the impression that the UK is seen as one of the safer countries by SPs to work in
The UK is more welcoming to 'visitors'
You only need to look at the comparitively [c.f. other european countries] lax approach towards migrants [benefits health care schooling are a doddle]
So when they are here to work & not claim anything its a relative 'breeze'
For EE SPs working in the UK is more lucrative & more importantly they are away from the grasp of gangs who prey on them with much less protection from the police
And an environment where womens rights are much less than here [some EE countries are still overtly racist so the chances of womens rights being improved are way way in the future if at all]
I've said on other threads relating to Brazilians that there is clearly something dodgy going on here. I just don't get why there are Brazilian escorts all over the UK seemingly overnight. I suggested that maybe Brazil is the latest country who's bent officials will sell you a passport for a couple of grand? I'm guessing that Columbia is similarly institutionally bent, especially if you're a cocaine trafficker.
I get bad feelings about all this and. personally, I'm staying away. Yes, I got berated for saying this stuff on the other thread but there is just too much weirdness surrounding all these foreign girls and sooner or later the wheel is going to come off.