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More than 100 sacked P&O Ferries workers are claiming compensation from the firm for valuables that went missing during the company's mass firing of 800 staff.
Former workers on the company's Dover ferries were unable to return to their onboard accommodation to collect their belongings in March as entire crews were dismissed in a single day over Zoom.
The under-fire ferry firm- which is owned by Dubai-based DP World- has now confirmed almost 200 of the 786 people who lost their jobs believe items have gone missing.
One former P&O Ferries worker, who wished to remain anonymous, said 'people are fuming' about the possessions lost during the replacement of UK workers by foreign agency staff.
Former workers on the company's Dover ferries were unable to return to their onboard accommodation to collect their belongings in March as entire crews were dismissed in a single day over Zoom
They said: 'Had they just let people on to collect their gear all of this could have been avoided.'
Of the 177 seafarers who requested claim forms to P&O Ferries for missing belongings, 132 submitted their claims by the June 30 cut-off date set by their former employer.
It is understood the firm expects to
