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YOUR TELNO 577: MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REPEAL OF SECTION 238 OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 AND THE ABOLITION OF FORCED LABOUR CONVENTION 1957 IS THE ARCHAIC PRACTICE OF RECOVERING SEAMEN DESERTERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FORCIBLY REPATRIATING THEM. ONCE SECTION 238 OF THE MSA 1894 IS REPEALED THE UK CAN THEN RATIFY THE CONVENTION.
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