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This April 3, 2019 photo shows migrants receiving assistance after being rescued by the Sea-Eye rescue ship in the waters off Libya. The humanitarian ship Sea-Eye with 64 rescued migrants aboard was stuck at sea on Thursday as Italy and Malta refuse it safe harbor as their refusal set the stage for another Mediterranean standoff that can only be resolved if European governments agree to accept the asylum-seekers. (Fabian Heinz/Sea-eye.org via AP)

Germany urges EU to divvy up migrants stranded at sea

By COLLEEN BARRY and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech during the MCC Budapest Summit on Migration titled 'The Biggest Challenge of Our Time?' organized by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) in Varkert Bazaar in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Hungary hosts the global migration conference attended by many experts, decision-makers and diplomats in the field from around the world from March 22 to 24. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP)

Hungarian PM Orban launches campaign with anti-migrant plan

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Life as an EU satellite: Swiss, Turks hold lessons for UK

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Montenegro President Milo Djukanovic speaks and gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Montenegro's capital Podgorica, Thursday, April 4, 2019. The pro-Western president of Montenegro, who has defied Russia to steer his small country into NATO, has warned that the integration of Western Balkans into the EU is crucial for the bloc to protect itself from growing Russian and Chinese political and economic influence in the region. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)

Montenegro’s president to EU: don’t hand us over to Russia

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, March 21, 2019 file photo, activists pose with their faces painted in the EU and Union Flag colors during an anti-Brexit campaign stunt outside EU headquarters during an EU summit in Brussels. The country's struggle to leave the European Union is one of the great political crisis to afflict Britain in the postwar period. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

With Brexit, Britain is in crisis and not for the first time

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May addresses MP's in the Palace of Westminster in London, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. A Brexit-related vote in Britain's House of Commons on Wednesday ended in a tie, the first time that has happened in a quarter-century. Under Parliament's rules, the speaker of the House has tie-breaking power. Speaker John Bercow cast his vote with the noes. He said that was in keeping with the principle that &quot;it is not for the chair to create a majority that otherwise doesn't exist.&quot; (Mark Duffy/UK Parliament via AP)

EU urges Brexit ‘flextension’ as U.K. pursues shorter delay

By Gregory Katz and Raf Casert - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the UK Parliament, Britain's Speaker John Bercow addresses MP's in the Palace of Westminster in London, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. A Brexit-related vote in Britain's House of Commons on Wednesday ended in a tie, the first time that has happened in a quarter-century. Under Parliament's rules, the speaker of the House has tie-breaking power. Speaker John Bercow cast his vote with the noes. He said that was in keeping with the principle that &quot;it is not for the chair to create a majority that otherwise doesn't exist.&quot; (Mark Duffy/UK Parliament via AP)

The Latest: EU: Impossible to plan against Irish hard border

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Window cleaners work on a building at the European Union headquarters area in Brussels, Thursday, April 4, 2019. The U.K. has just nine days, until April 12, to approve a divorce deal, come up with a new plan or crash out of the 28-nation bloc without a deal, causing huge disruption for people and businesses in Britain and the EU. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU cannot rule out Irish border points in no-deal Brexit

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, center, in the Palace of Westminster in London, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. A Brexit-related vote in Britain's House of Commons on Wednesday ended in a tie, the first time that has happened in a quarter-century. Under Parliament's rules, the speaker of the House has tie-breaking power. Speaker John Bercow cast his vote with the noes. He said that was in keeping with the principle that &quot;it is not for the chair to create a majority that otherwise doesn't exist.&quot; (Mark Duffy/UK Parliament via AP)

U.K. government, opposition continue search for Brexit plan

By Jill Lawless and Gregory Katz - Associated Press

European flags fly, opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, April 4, 2019. The British government and senior opposition figures were meeting Thursday in search of a new plan on how the country leaves the European Union as Prime Minister Theresa May tried to stop her shift toward compromise from splitting her Conservative Party. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

What Next? UK seeks elusive Brexit deal to end uncertainty

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporter holds up placards outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. After failing repeatedly to win Parliament's backing for her Brexit blueprint, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May dramatically changed gear Tuesday, saying she would seek to delay Brexit _ again _ and hold talks with the opposition to seek a compromise. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

What next? UK’s May, opposition seek elusive Brexit concord

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives a press conference outside Downing Street, in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. May said Tuesday that she will seek to further delay Britain's exit from the European Union and seek to make an accord with the political opposition in a bid to break the Brexit impasse. May made the announcement after the EU's chief negotiator warned that a chaotic and costly Brexit was likely in just 10 days unless Britain snapped out of the political crisis that has paralyzed the government and Parliament. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP)

UK legislates to avert chaotic Brexit as May seeks new plan

By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. With Britain racing toward a chaotic exit from the European Union within days, May veered away from the cliff-edge Tuesday, saying she would seek another Brexit delay and hold talks with the opposition to seek a compromise. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Theresa May to meet U.K. opposition leader for Brexit compromise talks

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans, right, listens to questions during a media conference on strengthening the rule of law at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. The European Union is launching action against Poland over allegations that recent justice laws introduced by the government undermine the independence of judges. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU takes action against Poland over justice laws

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

A pro EU protestor demonstrates opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May is set for a marathon session with her Cabinet as the government tries to find a way out of the Brexit crisis, after lawmakers again rejected all alternatives to her European Union withdrawal agreement. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The Latest: UK lawmakers vote to avert ‘no-deal’ Brexit

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An anti Brexit protester and placards stand in the rain during demonstrations outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is set for long Cabinet meeting Tuesday, as the government tries to find a way out of the Brexit crisis, after lawmakers on Monday rejected all alternatives to her European Union withdrawal agreement.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

UK services sector shrinks as Brexit uncertainty hits orders

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Illustration on Hungarian resistance to EU dictated immigration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The European Union’s quarrel over immigration intensifies

By Clifford D. May

Anti-Brexit demonstrators near College Green at the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, April 1, 2019. Britain's Parliament gets another chance Monday to offer a way forward on Britain's stalled divorce from the European Union, holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives in an attempt to find the elusive idea that can command a majority. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

May: UK to seek further Brexit delay, try to break logjam

By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Anti-Brexit demonstrators with an effigy of British Prime Minister Theresa May near College Green at the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, April 1, 2019. Britain's Parliament gets another chance Monday to offer a way forward on Britain's stalled divorce from the European Union, holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives in an attempt to find the elusive idea that can command a majority. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Warnings of chaotic ‘no-deal’ grow amid U.K. Brexit deadlock

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Anti-Brexit demonstrators near College Green at the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, April 1, 2019. Britain's Parliament gets another chance Monday to offer a way forward on Britain's stalled divorce from the European Union, holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives in an attempt to find the elusive idea that can command a majority. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

The Latest: EU Brexit official welcomes May’s move

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