FILE - Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama, left, walks with his arm around Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after a group photo during the European Political Community Summit at the Mimi Castle in Bulboaca, Moldova, on June 1, 2023. Italy's government on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 formally opened two centers in Albania where it plans to process male migrants who are intercepted in international waters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
The Italian navy ship Libra arrives at the port of Shengjin northwestern Albania Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, carrying the first group of migrants who were intercepted in international waters. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
The Italian navy ship Libra, right, arrives at the port of Shengjin northwestern Albania Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, carrying the first group of migrants who were intercepted in international waters. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
FILE - Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni, right, and Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama shake hands after the signing of a memorandum of understanding on migrant management centers during a meeting in Rome, Italy, on Nov. 6, 2023. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP, File)
An Italian navy ship approaches the port of Shengjin northwestern Albania Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 carrying the first group of migrants who were intercepted in international waters and whose asylum applications will be processed in Albania instead of in Italy, under a five-year agreement between the two countries. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)