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Sea-Watch 5 – Emergency Rescue Between the Law of the Sea and Repression

Summary by Marineforum
The aid organization Sea-Watch e. V. and other organizations have been documenting numerous incidents of violence by the Libyan Coast Guard since 2016. In May 2026, another ship of the organization, the Sea-Watch 5, was fired by Libyan patrol boats according to its own information. The incident occurred shortly after the Federal Ministry of the Interior warned all ships flying the German flag of attacks in the Libyan search and rescue zone and i…
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The aid organization Sea-Watch e. V. and other organizations have been documenting numerous incidents of violence by the Libyan Coast Guard since 2016. In May 2026, another ship of the organization, the Sea-Watch 5, was fired by Libyan patrol boats according to its own information. The incident occurred shortly after the Federal Ministry of the Interior warned all ships flying the German flag of attacks in the Libyan search and rescue zone and i…

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marineforum broke the news on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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