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The first 12 migrants that Italy sent to a newly opened asylum processing center in Shengjin, Albania, disembark in the harbor of Bari, in southern Italy, where they are taken back by an Italian Coast Guard ship, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, after a court in Rome rejected their detention on Friday, arguing they cannot be sent back to their countries of origin, Bangladesh and Egypt, because the court did not deem them to be safe enough. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)

The first 12 migrants that Italy sent to a newly opened asylum processing center in Shengjin, Albania, disembark in the harbor of Bari, in southern Italy, where they are taken back by an Italian Coast Guard ship, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, after a court in Rome rejected their detention on Friday, arguing they cannot be sent back to their countries of origin, Bangladesh and Egypt, because the court did not deem them to be safe enough. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)

FILE - Migrant and security officials walk at the port of Shengjin, northwestern Albania. Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 after disembarking from the Italian navy ship Libra, carrying the first group of 16 migrants intercepted in international waters. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj, File)

FILE - Migrant and security officials walk at the port of Shengjin, northwestern Albania. Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 after disembarking from the Italian navy ship Libra, carrying the first group of 16 migrants intercepted in international waters. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj, File)

FILE - An Italian coast guard vessel leaves the port of Shengjin, Albania, to Italy carrying 12 of 16 migrants intercepted in international waters and sent to the two reception facilities in Albania earlier this week after a court in Rome rejected their detention, on Saturday, Oct, 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj, File)

FILE - An Italian coast guard vessel leaves the port of Shengjin, Albania, to Italy carrying 12 of 16 migrants intercepted in international waters and sent to the two reception facilities in Albania earlier this week after a court in Rome rejected their detention, on Saturday, Oct, 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj, File)