#InternationalTransportWorkers’Federation ITF: thousands of seafarers in the global shipping trade are being abandoned. Cases have surged by 135%, from 132 vessels in 2023 to 312 last year, affecting more than 3,000 seafarers #abandonedatsea

‘Losing hope with every day that passes’: torment of the ships’ crews abandoned at sea Thousands of seafarers are left on board their vessels in foreign waters, unpaid, with scant supplies – and no way of getting home

No one should be imprisoned this way. That crews are left responsible for their employers' debts and ships is appalling.
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