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Research Project
The COVID-19-related crisis of seafarers and its potential long-term consequences for Maritime Security
About the project:
In September 2020, UN agencies reported that nearly 800,000 seafarers around the world had been unable to disembark and embark ships due to governmental COVID-19 regulations. The situation has been deemed a ‘humanitarian crisis’. As of January 2021, the International Labour Organization reports that 400,000 seafarers are still stranded.
The aim of this project is to investigate and identify potential long-term effects of the Covid crisis with regards to different domains of Maritime Security, namely human security, marine safety, blue economy and national security.
Further information: Dr AnnaGielas, amg203@cam.ac.uk
Note:
In April 2020, the International Maritime Organization assembled the Seafarer Crisis Action Team (SCAT). Seafarers and their relatives can contact SCAT for help by sending an email to info@imo.org.
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