As the world marks Human Rights Day on Thursday, shipping bodies have warned regulators not to forget the plight of seafarers hit by Covid-19 restrictions.
Hundreds of thousands of crew members have been stranded on board their ships, unable to return home, while others were banned from joining vessels.
UK charity Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) was formed in 2014, when Somali piracy was on the decline and cases of seafarer abandonment were under-reported.
