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In this April 7, 2017, migrants have breakfast onboard of the Golfo Azurro vessel a day after being rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO, Friday, April 7, 2017. With the Greek smuggling route largely closed off, the path of least resistance drifted to Libya _ a sprawling lawless country with a huge coast and competing rebel and government factions. Migrants have flooded into Libya from across Africa, producing a bonanza for smugglers. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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In this April 7, 2017, migrants aboard of Golfo Azurro look towards Sicily a day after being rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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FILE - In this April 7, 2017 file photo, migrants enjoy a music performance onboard of the Golfo Azurro rescue boat a day after being rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

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In this April 7, 2017, African migrants gather on the stern Golfo Azurro a day after being rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO, Friday, April 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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In this April 7, 2017 file photo, Eritrean migrant Biruk, 15, shows his tattoo "Only God can judge me" while aboard of the Golfo Azurro rescue boat a day after being rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

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In this April 12, 2017, Proactiva Open Arms volunteers Regina Valero, 33, left, and Albert Roma, 38, pause atop of the Golfo Azurro vessel in the Mediterranean sea. A fishing trawler-turned exploration yacht-turned rescue ship, the 30-year-old Golfo Azurro is now operated by Proactiva Open Arms, a Spanish nonprofit dedicated to rescuing migrants before they are consumed by the unforgiving Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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In this April 6, 2017, migrants take a rest onboard the Golfo Azurro after being rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO, in the Mediterranean sea, about 56 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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In this April 6, 2017, Proactiva Open Arms lifeguard Ivan Martinez, from Spain, rescues migrants from a rubber boat sailing out of control, in the Mediterranean sea, about 56 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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In this April 6, 2017 file photo, migrants are rescued from a rubber boat by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO, in the Mediterranean sea, about 56 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. With the Greek smuggling route largely closed off, the path of least resistance drifted to Libya _ a sprawling lawless country with a huge coast and competing rebel and government factions. Migrants have flooded into Libya from across Africa, producing a bonanza for smugglers. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

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FILE - In this April 6, 2017 file photo, a migrant rescued from a rubber boat by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO, in the Mediterranean sea, about 56 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. Most migrants on the Mediterranean are now trying to reach Italy. Those numbers have dramatically increased since the European Union and Turkey signed an agreement last year that allowed Greece to send new asylum-seekers back to Turkey. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)