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'Want to Go Home': Indonesian Crew Abandoned Off Africa Demand ...
Six Indonesian crew aboard the Portuguese fishing vessel Novo Ruivo are owed $13,200 in unpaid wages and seek repatriation after being stranded off Cape Verde for months.
- Aboard the Portuguese‑flagged Novo Ruivo, Surono, 47, Indonesian engine technician, said he has been stranded about five months and is owed $13,200, after the owner left with the crew's passports in Mindelo.
- The recruitment agency in Indonesia agreed last week to front half a salary, but experts say the ILO fishing treaty is weak and poorly enforced, according to Galan.
- Crew members say they receive about 50 euros from Martinez, despite the vessel having electricity and supplies, and face family hardship in Tegal, Central Java.
- The ITF reported the Novo Ruivo was abandoned to authorities and contacted the Indonesian embassy in Dakar, while exploring a court order to seize and sell the boat after the crew refused repatriation over unpaid wages.
- ITF figures indicate this case joins the 2025 trend of around 6,200 migrant workers abandoned by shipowners across 410 ships, including Surono, who flew from Indonesia last week.
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