Keeping Filipino seafarers out of harm's way
LAST week, a Filipino seafarer was killed after a merchant ship, the MV Tutor, was hit and sunk by an armed drone launched by Houthi rebels while sailing in the Red Sea. Twenty-one other Filipino crewmen of the ship were rescued and repatriated.It is not the first time Filipino crews have come under attack in the Red Sea. Earlier this year, a Houthi strike on the bulk carrier MV True Confidence left two Filipino seafarers dead and three others wounded.
That impacts heavily on the Philippines, which has been one of the world's biggest sources of seafarers.Last month, the Department of Migrant Workers banned the deployment of Filipinos on passenger and cruise ships sailing through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, which have been declared 'War-like Zones,' or WLZs, by the International Transport Workers' Federation, the leading seafarers' union.
Filipino Seafarers Out Of Harm's Way
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