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“Please save us” – plea from abandoned seafarers on sanctioned ship in UAE [ITF] 2025-09-08

UAE must act now to end shocking abandonment of seafarers on sanctioned ship [ITF] 2025-09-01

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COP28: Migrant Rights Essential to Climate Action; Governments Should Confront COP28 Host UAE on Abuses [Human Rights Watch] 2023-12-03

Migrant Worker Abuses Linked to Broader Climate Harms [Human Rights Watch] 2023-11-21

Gulf States: Migrant Workers at Serious Risk from Dangerous Heat [Human Rights Watch] 2023-05-31

Ship explosion captain forced to give up home, but wins freedom thanks to ITF [ITF] 2023-01-29

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