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MV Jihan anchored at the Port of Mombasa. [Courtesy]
Nine Syrian seafarers confined aboard a general cargo vessel since 2019 have been flown home.
Another nine, including the master of the vessel Abdulah Aldech, travelled back home after assistance by family on diverse dates in 2020.
The nine left through Moi International Airport, Mombasa on Friday aboard an Ethiopian Airline flight en route Lebanon via Addis Ababa and then connect to their homeland.
International Transport Workers Federation, Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA), Mission to Seafarers and local seafaring community facilitated the repatriation.
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KMA boss Robert Njue said the