Shocking: 200 sailors trapped for 5 months in France

Three Moroccan ships are seized and anchored in the harbor Sete in France. Two hundred sailors are on them for 5 months without right to leave them.

The ships are without fuel. The lights are off and so is the heating system. There is no hot water and the toilets are sealed. The whole crew haven`t received payment for few months.

Occasionally a mini van stops buy to deliver some food. When there is no food at all, the company from Tangier which owns the ship sends 1000 - 2000 euros for the officers, so they can buy food.

The sailors are disappointed because their company left them like this. Sometimes the humanitarian organizations leave food at the docks but the sailors refuse to take it.

"We are not beggars. We have decent jobs." - sailors say.

The company Comanav - Comarit which exists for over three decades and transports passengers between France and Morocco is in 200 million euros debt. That`s why the three ships Marrakech, Bni N`sar and Biladi, were seized by the french authorities right after they anchored in Sete.
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