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Fourteen Myanmar seamen on a Taiwan-flagged tanker in the South China Sea have completed their contract but are unable to return to Yangon. (Supplied)
Fourteen Myanmar seamen on a Taiwan-flagged tanker in the South China Sea have completed their contract but are unable to return to Yangon. (Supplied)

Stranded at sea, stuck at home: Seafarers weather storm of uncertainty

COVID-19 travel restrictions have stranded thousands of Myanmar seafarers abroad, while thousands more are languishing at home and eager to return to work.

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