The All-India Seafarer and General Workers Union raised allegations that China has at present imposed an unofficial ban on all Indian seafarers.
It is “forbidding” the entry of all vessels that have Indian crew members on them. The Union has sought the central government’s aid in saving thousands of jobs of Indian seafarers, as companies are not recruiting them for the China-bound commercial ships.
In a letter addressed to the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal,...