LIBYA

As tens of thousands pour into Europe, Germany is a favored destination. But as IBT learned in Berlin, Syrians are not being welcomed with open arms.

The United Nations urged the European Union to accommodate 200,000 refugees as the crisis continues to escalate.

Influx of refugees has necessitated double-shifted classrooms of up to 85 students.

"It is no exaggeration to say that the education prospects of a generation of children are in the balance," Unicef said in a report.

The refugees are fleeing conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East and will gradually move to Romania and be spread around six centers across the country.

Tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing the conflict in their homeland have descended on Turkey's Aegean coast this summer to board boats to Greece.

“It breaks my heart to see what's happening and I know I can help, and I will in any way possible,” a young mother from Keflavik said, as an effort grows to assist Syrians.

A vessel sailing off the coast of Crete was loaded with arms when the Greek Coast Guard stopped it, according to early reports. Officials could not confirm whether the arms were destined for ISIS militants.

The Sunday tragedy follows another that occurred Thursday, in which 200 people may have perished.

A security official in the western town of Zuwara, from where the overcrowded boat had set off, said there were around 400 people on board.

Political leaders have scrambled to find policy solutions to the region's migration crisis as the number of arrivals keeps rising.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the western Balkans have "huge challenges" with the migrant crisis and that everyone was "shaken" by news of the Austrian tragedy.

“People are dying, are crucified, are disinterred from their graves, are burned alive," the country's foreign minister said.

Amid concerns about the Democratic front-runner's campaign, the vice president has been inching closer to a run of his own.

The U.N. refugee agency urged Macedonia to open its borders to the thousands of refugees fleeing wars in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere.

Growing numbers of migrants are arriving in Greece, a country ill-equipped to help because of its own economic struggles. But Greek citizens are stepping in where government is failing.

Targeted killings and widespread neglect of an ethnic group in the African country is fueling a violent movement that could spread across the region.

Sinai Province has killed hundreds of soldiers and police since the military toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 after mass protests against his rule.

A Slovakian official said that Muslims would have trouble integrating into the country because it did not have any mosques.

The jets reportedly landed at the Mezze air base outside Damascus on Sunday evening.

Chancellor Angela Merkel called Germany's response to the migrant crisis "absolutely unsatisfactory."