What does this flag mean?

I wonder what the other one was. Why would anyone leave the tattered remains of what must have once been a flag but is now reduced to just a narrow strip at the hoist?
 
Djibouti.

As in:
Flag_of_Djibouti.svg


I can now make out the remains of the star. Thanks.
 
Why would anyone leave the tattered remains of what must have once been a flag but is now reduced to just a narrow strip at the hoist?

I can answer that!

My Croatian courtesy flag looks exactly like that because that's what sitting in the marina did to it in a couple of years. We hoist a good Croatian flag during those few weeks when we are actually on the boat but when we leave I re-hoist the tattered strip .... just to show willing. :o

Richard
 
The same flag is also used by "Defend Europe", a far-right group which has chartered the 40m research ship "C Star" for a "monitoring campaign" off the coast of Libya. A lot of concerns at present, that they may be seeking to hamper or disrupt the search and rescue missions in that area.
 
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