Trapped seafarers traumatised by Gulf fighting: charities
Key takeaways
- From captains to cooks, engineers and other officers, the workers who keep global freight flowing have found themselves not just stranded but in some cases right in the firing line of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
- It’s pretty scary,” said Gavin Lim, head of the Crisis Response Network for the Sailors’ Society, a UK-based seafarers’ charity, who spoke with one crew whose vessel was hit. “They thought: ‘We were going to die’.”
- Trade vessels have been struck by projectiles and fired on by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in dozens of incidents, according to the British maritime security monitor UKMTO.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize LONDON: Isolated and traumatised by drones and missiles, seafarers in the Gulf face grave mental suffering after more than two months stuck on board in the Middle East war, maritime charities warn.
From captains to cooks, engineers and other officers, the workers who keep global freight flowing have found themselves not just stranded but in some cases right in the firing line of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
“We hear stories of how frightened they are. It’s pretty scary,” said Gavin Lim, head of the Crisis Response Network for the Sailors’ Society, a UK-based seafarers’ charity, who spoke with one crew whose vessel was hit. “They thought: ‘We were going to die’.”