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A secret agreement
The Libyan and Italian governments reached a secret agreement that obliged Libya to accept African immigrants deported from Italian territories. This resulted in the mass repatriation of many people from Lampedusa to Libya between 2004 and 2005, a move criticized by the European Parliament. -
People drowning
26 September: September 2006 Karaburun, Turkey migrant boat disaster in which at least six people drowned -
Shipwreck
21 May: May 2007 Malta migrant shipwreck A migrant boat with 53 people on board went missing some 150 km (80 nmi) south of Malta.
8 December: in the December 2007 Seferihisar, Turkey migrant boat disaster 40 to 50 migrants drowned.
