Thousands of Indian seafarers stranded due to coronavirus curbs
With the unprecedented lockdown in place, nearly 40,000 Indian crew members across the world are unable to reach home.
Tens of thousands of Indian crew members, stranded on cargo and cruise ships across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, are still waiting to be brought home.
"The Indian government has abandoned all of us in the sea," Anand Kumar, one of the Indian crew members on MSC Divina cruise ship anchored near the port of Miami in the United States, told Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera
With the unprecedented lockdown in place, nearly 40,000 Indian crew members across the world are unable to reach home.
Tens of thousands of Indian crew members, stranded on cargo and cruise ships across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, are still waiting to be brought home.
"The Indian government has abandoned all of us in the sea," Anand Kumar, one of the Indian crew members on MSC Divina cruise ship anchored near the port of Miami in the United States, told Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera