France has cancelled the delivery of several boats to Libya after eight NGOs, including Amnesty International France and Doctors without Borders, filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defence. In February, Defence Minister Florence Parly announced that France would provide six semi-rigid inflatable Sillinger crafts to the Libyan navy, under which the coastguards operate. “This transfer was initially planned to help Libya, but the ministry has decided not to deliver the vessels to this state”, wrote Parly to the administrative appeals court in Paris on 26 November. “The situation in Libya does not permit the offer of these boats”, an anonymous defence ministry source told AFP. Rights group opposed the movement due to the treatment given to migrants by the Libyan coastguard and their confinement in detention centres in sordid conditions. Besides, the NGOs argued that the French donation would violate a European military equipment embargo on Libya and have praised the final decision taken by the ministry.