[1] In 2006–2008 the Coast Guard fleet was renewed and equipped with 'stealth' 30-knot (56 km/h; 35 mph) cruising speed PV30-LS patrol boats designed and produced by the Croatian company Adria-Mar.

[15] The EU policy of funding the Libyan Coast Guard has been criticised on the grounds that intercepted migrants face mistreatment.

Reports of human rights abuses caused the German government to cease training the Libyan coast guard in 2023, yet EU funding continues.

[16] The United Nations high commissioner for human rights Zeid bin Ra'ad criticised the EU for funding the Libyan coast, calling the policy inhumane.

Visits by UN staff had shown these to be overcrowded and lacking basic necessities, refugees held at the camps reported sexual violence being committed by guards.