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Stranded on ships, 200,000 seafarers struggle in virus limbo

More than 200,000 thousand seafarers are stranded on ships worldwide because of coronavirus border closures and lockdowns. [AFP]

Indian ship worker Tejasvi Duseja is desperate to go home after months stranded offshore by coronavirus border closures and lockdowns that have left more than 200,000 seafarers in limbo.

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