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Filipino sailors banned from crossing Gulf of Eden
The Philippine government has ordered a total ban on placing Filipino sailors on foreign vessels that cross the waters off Somalia, which are infested with pirates.
Foreign shipping firms, mostly based in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Norway, Germany, Greece, Cyprus and Singapore, employ more than 350,000 Filipino sailors. Many work on board the more than 21,000 ships that pass through the Gulf of Aden every year.
The unions slammed the ban, saying that it is impossible to enforce such prohibition. Former Senator Ernesto Herrera, who currently serves as the Secretary General of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, said in a statement that the government should instead encourage shipping firms to constantly upgrade their protective training for officers and crew.
The attacks by Somali pirates have increased considerably over the past few months. Currently 15 vessels and about 280 sailors, including a number of Filipinos, are held by the pirates.
Many countries have navy vessels patrolling the vast area; US and French navies recently launched successful assaults on pirates to rescue hostages.
An insider recently told Asian Security Review that a number of private shipping firms have deployed military-grade ‘long range acoustic devices’, which emits unpleasant high-pitched wails to disperse crowds.
Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991.
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