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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 8, 2017 file photo, migrants aboard the Golfo Azurro rescue vessel wait to be transferred to Italian authorities in Trapani harbor, in the Italian island of Sicily. Most, though, don't understand that this could be just one more step in an impossible dream. Many are sent to government-run migrant camps. Others, depending on international agreements, are sent back home. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
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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, the Libyan flag flutters on the bow of the Golfo Azurro while sailing the SAR zone, the search-and-rescue zone, which starts 12 nautical miles from the Libyan coast and goes 12 miles deeper into the sea's unpredictable waters. This is the last, deadliest section of the migrant highway known as "the Libyan route" that slices across the African continent. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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In this April 6, 2017, the Golfo Azurro vessel sails south towards Libyan coast 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 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 photo, a group of Eritreans migrants hug each other after meeting again abroad the Golfo Azurro rescue boat in the Mediterranean sea, about 56 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. The Eritreans, who sailed on two different boats, lost sight of each other soon after leaving the Libyan coast. The group reunited after being transferred to the Golfo Azurro. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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In this April 13, 2017, detail of Golfo Azurro radar system.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, lifejackets to be used during rescue operations are piled atop 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, 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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In this April 6, 2017, view of an empty rubber boat after migrants were rescued by members of Proactive Open Arms NGO, in the Mediterranean sea, about 56 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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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)
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Britain's Prince Harry listens to a seminar for members of staff during a visit to the Mix in London, in this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, file photo. Mix is a charity that offers support to young people under the age of 25. Prince Harry has broken with royal tradition of maintaining silence about mental health issues by speaking candidly of problems following the death of his mother Princess Diana. The 32-year-old prince told The Daily Telegraph in an interview published Monday, April 17, 2017, that he needed counseling and nearly suffered breakdowns in the two decades after his mother died in a 1997 car crash. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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After years of playing catch-up and watching the death toll mount, public health professionals said it's time to try to get ahead of the opioid epidemic. (Associated Press/File)
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Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco in this July 7, 2015, file photo. The parents of Kathryn Steinle filed a wrongful death claim Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, alleging that the San Francisco Sheriff's Department is to blame for releasing an illegal immigrant from jail despite a federal "detainer" request to keep in custody for possible deportation proceedings. A claim is usually a precursor to a lawsuit. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE- In this Jan. 4, 2017, file photo Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks to members of the press during a Q&A session in Little Rock, Ark. Hutchinson is a low-key former prosecutor known for delving into policy issues, but he has put himself and his state at the center of the national debate over the death penalty with his extraordinary plan to execute eight men before the end of April. The executions are set to begin Monday, April 17. (AP Photo/Brian Chilson, File)
