On 4 November, the German NGO Sea-Watch published a report documenting violent incidents perpetrated by the Libyan coastguard and other Libyan militias in the central Mediterranean Sea since 2016. More than 70 per cent of these incidents of extreme violence, 80 in total, were carried out by the Libyan coastguard. With 26 documented incidents, 2026 is the most violent year in the Mediterranean since records began in 2016. Sea-Watch documented 2 shootings at people or rescue ships, 4 attempts at verbal intimidation, 5 cases in which people on the move were forced overboard, 6 unlawful orders for rescue ships to leave the scene, and 12 stalking incidents in which Libyan actors followed or harassed rescue ships over an extended period.
