After 11 months without pay for their families, 19 seafarers on board the MV Ula bulk carrier in the port of Shuaiba, Kuwait have gone on a hunger strike.
The mixed crew from India, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Bangladesh are demanding immediate repatriation and payment of $410,415.65 they are owed in wages.
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They have rejected all meals from 7 January, saying they cannot eat while their families go hungry. Their hunger strike now drags in to February.
“We only drink water...