全球船舶访问网络Stella Maris支持梵蒂冈发出的紧急呼吁，要求所有海员立即获准上岸休假。

Global ship visiting network, Stella Maris, has backed an urgent call from the Vatican for all seafarers to be granted shore leave immediately.

梵蒂冈在7月10日“海上星期日”之前的一条消息中表示，一些政府和航运公司不得再以疫情为“借口”，禁止船员上岸。

In a message ahead of Sea Sunday on 10th July, the Vatican said that some governments and some shipping companies must no longer use the pandemic “as an excuse” for banning the crew from going ashore.

梵蒂冈称，许多海员现在仍然被拒绝上岸休假，尽管他们已经接种了疫苗。

Many seafarers are still being denied shore leave now even though they have been fully vaccinated, the Vatican said.

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“只要采取必要的预防措施，海员们就有权踏上陆地，与船上同事以外的人会面，”梵蒂冈促进人类全面发展委员会(Dicastery for advancement Human integrated Development)长官红衣主教迈克尔·f·车尔尼·SJ (Michael F. Czerny SJ)说。

“As long as they take the necessary precautions, seafarers have the right to put their feet on dry ground and meet people other than their colleagues on board,” said Cardinal Michael F. Czerny SJ, Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

他说，随着新冠肺炎疫情在全球范围内的持续改善，各国正在开放边境并解除限制，大多数人现在可以再次自由行动。

He said, as the situation continues to improve around the world with Covid-19, countries are opening their borders and lifting restrictions, with most people now able to move freely again.

“但不包括海员。这是一种严重的不公平。雪上加霜的是，如果某些海员的国籍是‘正确的’，他们就可以上岸，”切尼红衣主教说。

“But not seafarers. This is a gross injustice. To add insult to injury, some seafarers are allowed to go ashore if they are the ‘correct’ nationality,” said Cardinal Czerny.

他说：“这种歧视既不公平也不道德。每个人都需要记住，必须尊重海员作为人与生俱来的尊严。”他补充说，所有海员都必须受到平等对待，不受任何歧视，并被允许离开他们的船，无论他们身在世界任何地方，即使是短暂的一段时间。

“This discrimination is as unjust as it is immoral. Everyone needs to remember that seafarers’ innate dignity as human beings must be respected,” he said, adding that all seafarers must be treated equally, without any discrimination, and be allowed to leave their ships, even if for a brief time, wherever they were in the world.

斯特拉·马里斯（Stella Maris）英国首席执行官马丁·弗利（Martin Foley）赞同梵蒂冈的呼吁，他说，按照2006年《海事劳工公约》的规定，海员有权享受岸上休假。

Endorsing the Vatican’s call, Stella Maris UK Chief Executive Officer Martin Foley said that seafarers are entitled to shore leave, as laid out by the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

“我们正生活在一场大流行之中，一些船长不愿意让他们的船员上岸休假。根据Stella Maris UK的经验，让我们的牧师和船上访客感到沮丧的是，放假与否不一致。我们遇到过一些船舶，在这些船舶上，高级船员被允许放假，但普通船员却不允许。

“We are living in the midst of a pandemic, and some ship captains are reluctant to grant shore leave.to their crew. In Stella Maris UK’s experience, what frustrates our chaplains and ship visitors is the inconsistency with which leave is allowed or not. We have come across ships in which officers are granted shore leave, yet ratings are not.

Martin说：“靠岸假对海员的心理健康非常重要。Stella Maris UK正在整理海员被拒绝靠岸假的案例，以便我们可以将这些案例带给有权调查此事的人。”。

“Shore leave is so important to the psychological wellbeing of seafarers. Stella Maris UK is collating instances of seafarers being denied shore leave so we can bring these to those who have the authority to investigate it,” said Martin.

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