Stranded Kiribati seafarers hope for seasonal work while they wait

The Kiribati seafarers stranded in Brisbane

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Merchant seafarers from the tiny Pacific Island nation of Kiribati stranded in Australia say they want to go home but their country’s borders are still shut due to COVID.

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