Vietnamese fishermen seized by Indonesia (Photo: AFP) Jakarta (VNA) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia hasheld an online meeting with over 50 Vietnamese fishermen temporarily kept at a detention centre of the immigration office in Pontianak city.
It requested the centre provide good living conditions for the fishermen, particularly in terms ofhealthcare amid COVID-19.
A representative of the centre said the group have been asked to followmedical regulations like wearing masks, washing their hands frequently, andpracticing personal hygiene.
The embassy took the occasion to ask the fishermen about their healthand living conditions as well as to inform them about disease prevention andcontrol measures.
A representative of the group said they are well housed and strictlyfollow the centre’s medical regulations, adding that all of them are in fair health.
They thanked the Vietnamese State and the embassy for arrangingrepatriation flights for some of them and hoped that others will go home whenthe time comes.
Vietnam and Indonesia are yet to resume commercial flights and theembassy is working to help organise special flights to repatriate Vietnamesecitizens in the country, including the fishermen.
In June, an online conversation was also held between the embassy and other Vietnamese fishermen at the Batam detention centre on Riau Island.
Since the beginning of the year, Indonesian agencies have arrested 283Vietnamese fishermen, of them 108 have been repatriated./.
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