Migrant Fishers Forced To Stay Aboard Their Boats During Recent Typhoons

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A leading human rights group in Taiwan is calling attention to the common practice of migrant fishers being forced to stay aboard their boats in harbor during typhoons.

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00:00A human rights group is calling attention to migrant fishers forced to stay aboard their

00:05boats during typhoons.

00:07A video taken by migrant fishers during Typhoon Khartoum in October showed boats in harbor

00:12rocked by large waves and strong winds.

00:15One ship's hull had broken in half.

00:17The Taiwan Association for Human Rights says it's common for boat owners to require migrant

00:23crew members to stay aboard boats in harbor to help protect the vessels during a storm.

00:28The association says more should be done to ensure the safety of the fishers instead.

00:33Taiwan's fisheries agency says the decision to evacuate boats in a storm is up to each

00:38local government.

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