workers rights Archives - Seafarers Rights International https://seafarersrights.org/tag/workers-rights/ international centre for advancing the legal protection of seafarers Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:00:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Brexit and the British Maritime Industry https://seafarersrights.org/brexit-and-the-british-maritime-industry/ Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:00:37 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=14130 With the EU referendum on everyone’s lips, we thought we’d look at a few balanced views of how an exit from the EU (Brexit) would affect the maritime industry – and in particular, those who work in it. It’s been an interesting read to see both sides of the debate from the fishing communities throughout […]

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]]> 46 Million People Enslaved Worldwide https://seafarersrights.org/46-million-people-enslaved-worldwide/ Mon, 23 May 2016 10:07:32 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=14121 Slavery at sea is an area of research Seafarers’ Rights International has particular interest in, and so it was interesting to read the new report issued by the Walk Free Foundation today on the global state of slavery. Their 2016 Global Slavery Index documented that nearly 46 million people are now enslaved throughout the world. […]

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