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title: "Not how I expected seasteading to be kicked off en masse, but okay...…"
date: 2020-07-21
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
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# Not how I expected seasteading to be kicked off en masse, but okay...…

*July 21, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/seafarers-stranded-on-ships-covid-19-limbo-12944646?cid=FBcna](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/seafarers-stranded-on-ships-covid-19-limbo-12944646?cid=FBcna){target="_blank"}
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Not how I expected seasteading to be kicked off en masse, but okay\...\
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\"From engineers on cargo ships to waiters on luxury cruise liners, ocean-based workers around the world have been caught up in what the United Nations warns is a growing humanitarian crisis that has been blamed for several suicides.\
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Many have been trapped on vessels for months after their tours were supposed to end as travel restrictions disrupted normal crew rotations.\
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\"Mentally, I am just done with it\... but I\'m still holding up because I have no other option,\" Duseja, 27, told AFP via WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger in late June as the Indian-owned cargo vessel he works on floated near Malaysia.\
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Duseja, one of roughly 30,000 Indian workers unable to leave their ships, had extended his seven-month contract a few months before the pandemic struck.\
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\"The last time I stepped off from this 200m ship was in February,\" he said.\
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Seafarers typically work for six to eight months at a stretch before disembarking and flying back to their home countries, with new crews taking their place.\
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But as the deadly virus whipped around the world and paralysed international travel, that was suddenly impossible.\
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Underscoring the growing urgency of the situation, more than a dozen countries at a UK-hosted International Maritime Summit this month vowed to recognise seafarers as \"key workers\" to help them get home.\"\
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[https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/seafarers-stranded-on-ships-covid-19-limbo-12944646?cid=FBcna](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/seafarers-stranded-on-ships-covid-19-limbo-12944646?cid=FBcna){target="_blank"}
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