Germany Denounces Libyan Coast Guard’s Human Rights Abuses
German Human Rights Commissioner, Luise Amtsberg said the actions of the Libyan Coast Guard have "shown time and again that ...
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Italian Parliament Approves €11.8 Million Funding for Libyan Coast Guard
The Italian Senate approved a decree to refinance the Libyan Coast Guard, after the House Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees ...
Read moreItaly’s Democratic Party to Vote Against Refinancing Libyan Coast Guard
The Secretary-General of the Italian Democratic Party, Enrico Letta announced that his party will not vote in favour of refinancing ...
Read more64 Migrants Rescued Off Libyan Coast
The Libyan Coast Guard rescued 64 migrants aboard a rubber boat, on their way to Europe. The Coast Guard noted ...
Read moreLibya Tests High-Speed Rubber Boats Received From Italy
On Monday, the General Directorate of the Libya Coastal Security trialled the new high-speed rubber boats it had received from ...
Read moreItaly Donates Two Boats to Libyan Coast Guard
On Monday, Libya's Interior Ministry announced that it had received two out of six, state of the art naval boats ...
Read moreGermany To Stop Supporting Libya’s Coast Guard
On Wednesday, Spokeswoman for the Germany Foreign Ministry, Andrea Sasse stated that the German military will no longer provide training ...
Read moreItaly Provides Libya’s Coast Guard with Marine Equipment, Despite Migrant Abuse
On Wednesday, the Libyan Interior Ministry issued a statement, that it had received equipment for coastal security, provided by the ...
Read more“Controversial” Program Training Libyan Coast Guard to Continue
A recent confidential EU military report revealed calls for continuing a controversial program to train and equip Libya’s Coast Guard ...
Read more30,000 Migrants Intercepted off Libyan Coasts in 2021
The Libyan Coast Guard intercepted and returned an estimated 28,600 refugees and migrants at sea from January to October 2021, ...
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