German Ministry of the Interior raises security level in the Libyan search and rescue zone for the first time due to violent attacks by the Libyan coast guard

Berlin, 7 May 2026. For the first time since the beginning of civilian search and rescue operations in the central Mediterranean in 2015, the German Government has extended Security Level 2 for vessels flying the German flag from Libyan territorial waters to also include the Libyan search and rescue zone off the Libyan coast –…