A Filipino seafarers’ rights group has condemned what it calls the “unjust and inhumane” deportation of more than 100 Filipino cruise ship workers from the United States between April and July this year.

The International Seafarers Action Center (ISAC) is urging the Marcos administration to file a diplomatic protest, demand legal redress, and extend immediate legal aid to the affected workers, many of whom now face a 10-year U.S. entry ban.

The group’s July 24 statement cited the controversial case of the Carnival Sunshine, a cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line, where at least 21 Filipino crew members were arrested and deported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Port of Norfolk, Virginia.

The detentions reportedly occurred from April 13 to July 12 during a series of onboard raids by U.S. federal agents…

At a July 21 press conference held near the Moonlight Port in Norfolk, where Carnival Sunshine is docked, the PWC revealed that at least 80 additional Filipino crew members from two other Carnival-operated ships, the Carnival Mardi Gras and Carnival Vista, had also been detained and deported between April and May. Both vessels operate out of Port Canaveral, Florida…