Hundreds of Vietnamese Fishermen Stranded in Indonesia Amid COVID-19 Restrictions
[Antara Foto via Reuters] Updated at 12:30 p.m. ET on 2020-12-16 More than 200 Vietnamese arrested by Indonesia for illegal fishing in its waters have been stranded in a detention center for months, their representative told Radio Free Asia, a sister agency of Benar News, via emailed video clips. Many of them are free to go home, but the Vietnamese embassy says the coronavirus pandemic is delaying their return, a Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry spokesman told BenarNews late last week. The Vietnamese fishermen, meanwhile, hope a social media campaign will spur their governm...
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