Fresh clashes erupted between police and migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, which authorities said was "on the verge of explosion," as Britain and France pledged to accept tens of thousands more refugees from the record influx, AFP reports.
A dozen or so coastguards and riot police armed with batons struggled to control some 2,500 migrants, screaming "Keep back" at the crowds as they surged towards a government-chartered ship bound for Athens.
Lesbos, home to some 85,000 people which has seen more than 15,000 mainly Syrian migrants wash up on its shores, is one of several Greek islands struggling to cope with a wave of voyagers setting sail from the nearby Turkish coast for Western Europe.