Lawyer Dennis Gorecho tackles the problematic side of COVID-19 crisis -- the stigma and discrimation of a sector -- the seafarer's sector.
The outbreak of COVID-19 is causing a more problematic side of society – social stigma and discrimination against certain sectors, including seafarers.
With one Filipino out of every four or five seafarers on board a ship , the largest population of crew members comes from the Philippines. There are over 375,000 deployed Filipino seafarers that contribute an estimated $6.14 Billion as remittances in 2018. He added that seafarers should be treated as ‘key workers’ and be exempted from travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Restrictions will cripple not only seafarers but countries who rely on overseas supplies.
Due to halted operations of cruise ships, thousands of seafarers were displaced from work and begun arriving via charter flights back to the Philippines. They boarded onto buses and were placed in a 14-day preventative quarantine in hotels by the Philippine Government. Thereafter, some have gone back to their families while some are staying in Manila due to the lockdown.
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