The case emerged in May 2018 after an Indian national contacted the charity seeking help on the case, Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) disclosed in a case study.
The Indian seafarer was abandoned by his employer, and hadn’t received a salary for over a year. However, he was not alone, 11 more Indian nationals, 3 Ethiopian and 2 Filipino mariners shared a similar fate. The seafarers were left on the island, some of them for over a year as their contracts expired and were waiting for their salaries to be paid so they could return home.
What is more, their identity documents were taken by their employers denying them the opportunity to leave the island.
The living conditions they were faced with were poor, to say the least, and their access to food, water and health care were limited, according to HRAS.
The mariners worked for ships ran by companies such as Baltic Marine and Al Matab Shipping, the charity said.
As indicated in the case study, the labor abusive practice had an ultimate goal “to wear down the seafarers, break them physically and mentally, so they would return home without the salaries due to them.”
The abandonment case was reported to relevant Indian and Filipino embassies. Justice Upheld said that Indian authorities reacted immediately pressuring shipping agents to resolve the issue. Fortunately, the men received their outstanding wages and were repatriated at the end of May.
Indian seafarers have often fallen victim to abandonment practices, and recently two UAE companies were blacklisted by the country for abandonment cases.
HRAS said it was concerned that Kish Island was being used for abandoning seafarers by shipowners, calling the industry to act and prevent similar cases from happening again.
英國人權慈善機構Justice Upheld表示，17名尚未領到兩年工資的海員在生活條件惡劣伊朗基什島被遺棄。
該案件於2018年5月出現，此前一名印度國民聯繫慈善機構尋求案件研究，海上人權組織（HRAS）在案例研究中接露。
印度海員被雇主拋棄，一年多沒收到工資。然而，他並不孤單，11名印度國民，3名埃塞俄比亞籍和2名菲律賓籍船員也有類似的命運。這些海員留在島上，其中一些已經超過一年，因為他們的合約到期並等待他們的工資，所以他們可以回家。
更有甚者，他們的身份證明文件是由他們的雇主拒絕他們離開該島的機會。
據HRAS稱，他們面臨的生活條件很差，至少可以說，他們獲得食物，水和醫療保健的機會有限。
該慈善機構稱，這些船隻為Baltic Marine和Al Matab Shipping等公司運營。
正如案例研究所指出的那樣，勞動虐待行為的最終目標是“磨損海員，打破他們的身心，因此他們會在沒有工資的情況下返回家園。”
向有關的印度和菲律賓大使館報告了遺棄案件。Justice Upheld表示，印度當局立即向船運代理施加壓力，以解決這一問題。幸運的是，這些人收到了他們的優秀工資，並在5月底被遣返回國。
印度海員經常成為放棄行為的受害者，最近有兩家阿聯酋公司因放棄案件被列入黑名單。
HRAS表示，它擔心基什島被船東用於放棄海員，要求該行業採取行動並防止類似案件再次發生。
Information source: World Maritime News Staff; Image Courtesy: World Maritime News
