Sidste søfolk rejser hjem fra efterladt skib

19 søfolk, der siden 2019 har været efterladt om bord på bulkcarrieren Ula uden løn, vand, mad, brændstof og andre fornødenheder, rejser nu endelig hjem. Det sker efter at de kuwaitiske myndigheder har indvilget i at betale rejseomkostningerne.

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Skibet - der ligger for anker ud for Kuwait - havde oprindelig en besætning på 25, men det lykkedes 6 søfolk selv at skaffe penge til hjemrejsen. De resterende besætningsmedlemmer levede en kummerlig tilværelse om bord, indtil en hungerstrejke først på året skabte medieopmærksomhed om sagen.

Besætningen krævede at Kuwait solgte skibet for at skaffe penge til hjemrejse og efterbetaling af løn, men Kuwait mente at det ville tage alt for lang tid at sælge skibet. I stedet indvilgede de så i at betale for hjemrejsen.

Sagen er desværre ikke enestående. Ifølge en ny opgørelse fra det Internationale Transportarbejderforbund (ITF) blev antallet af forladte besætninger mere end fordoblet sidste år. Fra 40 i 2019 til 85 sidste år.

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