Europe's Migrant Crisis -- News Updates September 8, 2015

Daily Mail: Collapsing from exhaustion, clashing with police and too scared to go to the toilet in case they miss their chance to leave: Ordeal of the 20,000 migrants trapped on Lesbos

* Refugees have been stranded on Greek island for weeks, running out of money and desperate to reach the mainland
* Authorities have become overwhelmed by influx of 20,000 migrants – around a fifth of the island's entire population
* Fights break out as refugees wait in long lines for hours to register in the summer heat after days without showers
* Locals complain about bottles, plastic bags and cardboard thrown into the sea and across streets around the port

It was supposed to be the first step on their journey to Western Europe. But now thousands of migrants are mired in despair, anger and frustration on the scenic Greek island of Lesbos.

After perilous sea voyages from neighbouring Turkey, they have been stranded here for days, some for nearly two weeks, running out of money and desperate to get to mainland Greece and continue their route.

The island of some 100,000 residents has been transformed by the sudden new population of some 20,000 refugees, mostly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan – and the strain is pushing everyone to the limit.

Europe's Migrant Crisis -- News Updates September 8, 2015

Refugee Crisis: What You Need to Know -- ABC News
Germany open to 500,000 refugees each year as crisis grows on continent -- Washington Post
Migrant crisis: Germany 'can take 500,000 asylum seekers a year' -- BBC
Germany says it could take 500,000 refugees a year -- The Guardian
Lesbos 'on verge of explosion' as refugees crowd Greek island -- The Guardian
Frustrated migrants break through police lines in Hungary -- CNN
Frustrated Migrants Break Free from Refugee Camp in Roszke, Hungary -- NBC
Hungarian Police Struggle With Refugee Influx -- VOA
Migrants keep entering Hungary as work on fence speeds up -- Washington Times
France, U.K. to accept 44,000 migrants as Europe copes with crisis -- USA Today
France: Taking All Refugees Would Be Victory for IS -- VOA
Merkel calls for mandatory migrant quotas for EU states to combat crisis -- CNN
Germany and Sweden Press for E.U. Deal on Quotas for Migrants -- NYT
Germany faces massive anti-migrant vs. pro-migrant standoff amid refugee crisis -- RT
In Europe, a divide over refugees: Germany prioritizes funding aid as Hungary speeds up fence -- Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg
European migrant crisis: Austria, Germany near tipping point -- CNN
‘The EU is not a cash machine’ -- Politico
The Migrant Crisis, By The Numbers -- NPR
U.N. says 850,000 to cross sea to Europe in 2015 and 2016 -- Reuters