{"id":127634,"date":"2020-09-23T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T06:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splash247.com\/?p=127634"},"modified":"2020-09-23T16:58:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T08:58:08","slug":"shipping-bodies-call-on-eu-to-assist-as-med-migrant-rescues-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splash247.com\/shipping-bodies-call-on-eu-to-assist-as-med-migrant-rescues-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipping bodies call on EU to assist as Med migrant rescues rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A host of shipping-related associations have penned an open letter to the European Union\u2019s top politicians including president Ursula von der Leyen calling for prompt and predictable disembarkations for people rescued at sea by merchant vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter, penned in the wake of the 38-day-long <em>Maersk Etienne<\/em> immigrant saga, states that merchant vessels need to be able to conclude rescues safely, promptly and predictably both for those rescued and the rescuing seafarers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35.6%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote quote-simple is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote quote-simple-is-layout-flow\"><p>Merchant ships are neither built nor equipped to rescue and sustain large groups of distressed people<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStates must ensure that the vessels and the masters of those vessels carrying persons in distress whom they have rescued at sea are relieved as soon as reasonably possible in accordance with international law,\u201d the letter from the European and international shipowners\u2019 associations and European and international seafarers\u2019 unions argues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 38-day standoff onboard Maersk Tankers vessel <em>Maersk Etienne<\/em> involving 27 refugees create worldwide headlines <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/maersk-etienne-crisis-ends-as-refugees-disembark-to-mediterranea-rescue-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earlier this month<\/a><\/span> and brought the shipping industry together seeking stronger political resolve to handle immigrant rescues at sea situations in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Danish-flagged ship rescued the migrants, who were stranded in Tunisian waters, on August 4 at the request of Maltese officials. However, once rescued the refugees were forced to remain onboard the tanker as authorities in both Malta and Denmark dragged their feet in finding a solution for the refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the height of the migrant crisis in 2014, merchant ships have helped rescue more than 80,000 distressed persons in the waters of the central Mediterranean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst the numbers of persons crossing these waters has decreased, evidence suggests this trend is now reversing with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency recently reporting an 86% increase in the number of migrant transits through the central route compared to the same period for 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regulations such as UNCLOS and SOLAS place complementary obligations on ships and coastal states to ensure the rescue of persons in distress at sea, regardless of their nationality, status, or circumstances in which they are found, and disembark them in a place of safety as per instructions received from the search and rescue (SAR) authority coordinating the SAR operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMerchant ships will not shrink from their legal and moral responsibility to render assistance to those in need of assistance at sea. 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