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23 Georgian sailors stranded on five ships in Benin

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TBILISI, DFWatch–23 Georgian sailors have been stuck on five ships under Greek management close to Benin in western Africa.

The sailors are asking for help because their supplies of food and water are running low and they haven’t received their salaries for about six months.

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Two ships with Georgian crew in trouble off Croatia and Algeria

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Economy Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Five Georgian sailors are stuck on a ship in Croatian waters. Seven other Georgians are stuck on another ship off the Algerian coast. The sailors haven’t been paid salary for months and cannot return to Georgia.

Owner of both ships is a Slovenian company which

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Georgian sailors returning home

The Georgian crew members of the Maria del Carmen 2 are returning home. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The twelve Georgian sailors who have been adrift on a ship abandoned by its owner off the coast of Panama are returning home.

The sailors aboard the Maria del Carmen 2, sailing under a Nigerian flag, were rescued by staff at the Georgian embassy

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