“Welcome to the hell ship.”
That was how a man welcomed Imam Syafi’i and his fellow fishermen aboard the dilapidated fishing boat that was to be their workplace for the next few months in 2011. The vessel, berthed at a harbor in Trinidad and Tobago, could support 35 tons, but its appearance made Imam wary.
In Indonesia, Imam and his friends filed a lawsuit against the recruitment company.
He and 55 fellow crew members also founded the Solidarity Forum for Indonesian Workers Abroad (FSPILN) and staged protests in their hometowns, including Pemalang and Tegal, to encourage local administrations to take action against companies that recruited crew members there. They also occupied the Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI, previously BNP2TKI) building for 23 days.
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