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Why would you write an article like this without a word describing the legal consequences of leaving the ship? What consequence would be worth four years of you
by modeless 6y ago
Why would you write an article like this without a word describing the legal consequences of leaving the ship? What consequence would be worth four years of your life?
Edit: a more useful video linked below explains that the authorities confiscated his passport. That would make it difficult to leave. Though I'd probably try anyway after a year of that.
- patentatt 6y agoBut that alone doesn’t prohibit him from going to live on land somewhere, right?
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- ectopod 6y agoIf they've got his passport and he can't leave the only option is Egypt. I expect he thought of that and they refused. ETA: I've read a few of these articles over the last year. There have been many similar cases because of covid. It seems to be completely normal practice for countries to refuse visas to ships' crew.
- codezero 6y agoI imagine that a legal system that forces a random guy to stay trapped on a ship for four years would do something worse to someone who defies their order.
- _fat_santa 6y agoI saw this video[1] on Youtube that goes a bit more in depth into the situation. Apparently after he became the legal guardian of the ship, the Egyptian govt took his passport to prevent him from leaving. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zD-KjuGuiM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zD-KjuGuiM
- randyrand 6y agoBut you are not stranded on Egyptian land. You're at sea. Why not just take some boat home? Or to the nearest non-Egypt country.
- Kye 6y agoThe article says the ship had no fuel.
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- pwillia7 6y agoI would have had my brother dinghy out to me one of the passes.... I guess though since this is in a major shipping lane you'd probably get taken out by a ship.
- tobyhinloopen 6y agoI can imagine you can’t just use a 20L jerry can to fill her up
- pwillia7 6y agoI meant to escape on the Dinghy with my brother.