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Shipowners disappointed by the EU's migration pact: Merchant vessels are not included

The European shipowners are disappointed by the EU's migration pact. In an open letter, shipowners' association ECSA calls for a guarantee that merchant vessels be allowed to put rescued migrants ashore.
Photo: Handout ./Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Handout ./Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by DANIEL LOGAN

European shipowners' association ECSA and several labor unions representing seafarers are disappointed by the fact that the EU's migration pact does not take merchant vessels into account.

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