More Migrants Reach Germany As Pope Steps In

About 8,000 migrants and refugees have now arrived in Germany to a "phenomenal" humanitarian response, with offers of accomodation and aid.

Pope Francis put his Church's weight behind moves to house the migrants - calling on every parish, religious community, monastery, and sanctuary in Europe to take in one migrant family.

Speaking after his customary Sunday address in Rome, he also said the Vatican would set an example, with two of its parishes each taking in a family of refugees in the coming days.

He said it was not enough to say "have courage, hang in there" to those marching towards what he described as "life's hope".

Some 6,000 arrived in Munich on Saturday afternoon and were joined by another 2,000 who crossed the border from Austria early on Sunday.

Most have travelled by train to Munich while others were taken further afield to Frankfurt and Dortmund where they were given temporary accommodation, food and water.

Hungary is again filling up with new arrivals, most of whom have travelled from Syria through Turkey, Greece, Macedonia and Serbia.

Sky News’ Europe Correspondent Mark Stone, watching refugees arrive into Austria from Hungary, described the humanitarian response in Vienna as "phenomenal".

He said: "(The refugees) are being greeted with fruit, with water and with a smile - something they didn’t really see in Hungary while the government there decided whether or not it would allow them to transit through towards Germany."

But more people are coming, with Stone saying that, as of 9.30am Sunday local time, 700 people had crossed from Serbia into Hungary - compared with 1,000 during the whole of Saturday. At least 11,500 are expected to have reached Germany by the end of Sunday.

"That suggests that today there will be another huge influx of people and the politicians simply are not giving any answers as to how they're going to be able to cope with that influx yet," Stone added.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been praised by many for opening the country's door to tens of thousands of refugees.

She has been criticised by political colleagues, however.

Also, four people were arrested in Dortmund after fighting between opposing groups outside the city's main train station where refugees were due to arrive.

Separately, police in Dortmund are investigating an attempted arson attack at a former school building which was to house refugees.

Several dozen French mayors have offered to help, ahead of a national meeting this week to arrange refugee accommodation, but a poll of 1,000 French people found 55% opposed to easing requirements for asylum seekers.

Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country will not provide safe haven for migrants because Israel is too vulnerable.

Divisions in Europe over how to cope with the crisis are threatening Britons' confidence in the EU as a new Survation poll reveals 51% would vote to leave if a referendum was held tomorrow .

Competing polls on the role Britain should play in the crisis have been posted on the Government's petition website.

One calling for Britain to "Stop allowing immigrants into the UK" has collected more than 60,000 signatures while an earlier poll suggesting Britain should "accept more asylum seekers" has so far received more than 400,000 votes.

Hungary's prime minister Victor Orban has warned "the supply of immigrants is endless," while criticising EU plans for quotas to commit each country to shelter a proportion of refugees.

"What will it solve if we divide 50,000 or 100,000 migrants among us, when uncountable millions will be on the way?" he said.

Charities in the UK say more than £1m has been raised in response to the crisis and the Scottish government has announced funding of another £1m while offering to accept 1,000 migrants as a "starting point".

The crisis is presenting a political challenge for David Cameron, who has now bowed to pressure, with Sky News understanding that Britain will take more than 10,000 Syrian refugees from camps in neighbouring countries.

It has also renewed focus on Syria and what can be done to put an end to the country's bloody civil war that is causing so many families to flee.

A YouGov poll commissioned by the Sun on Sunday suggests most people support Britain playing a greater military role in Syria, Iraq and Libya.

It comes as former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, called for a renewed military effort to "crush" IS in Syria and backed calls for British military intervention to create "safe enclaves" in the country.