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Harrowing Stories From Migrant Crisis Frontline

Migrants who have made their way from across the globe to Germany in the hope of claiming asylum have been telling Sky News why they have fled their home countries in search of a better life.

Germany expects to process around 800,000 migrants by the end of this year, and a registration centre in the capital Berlin is one of the main places they come to.

The centre was one of a number of locations Sky News has reported from on a day of special coverage of the migrant crisis.

One of those who are hoping to be granted asylum is Thaeer al Mazhore.

The 19-year-old fled his hometown of Mosul in northern Iraq after it was taken over by Islamic State.

The militants killed his father, and fearing for his life, Thaeer fled.

It took him a month to reach Germany, travelling through southern Europe.

Speaking to Sky's Mark Stone, he told us: "I would like to bring my family here and live in peace."

Another man our correspondent met was Ali.

His journey to Germany is made all the more remarkable by the fact that he made it in a wheelchair.

Ali was caught up in a bomb blast in Syria and was paralysed from the waist down.

One of those who was watching the queue of people slowly work its way into the centre was Zadoun al Zoubi.

He is the head of the Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organisations.

Mr al Zoubi told Sky News it was "painful" to see so many of his fellow Syrians waiting to be given refugee status.

He said: "I don't know how we’re going to build a country if everybody is willing to come to the heaven of Europe."

When asked how they were doing, Mr al Zoubi replied: "First of all, thank God they survived.

"Those who you can see right now are the ones who survived only.

"Many were just left in the sea, eaten by sharks, eaten by the rocks of the sea.

"Now they are here, very happy now. They are in the heaven of Europe.

"They don’t know what is waiting for them, they might also suffer a lot here in Europe.

"But for them they finally got here after walking for days, some of them for 10 days. I know many who died just walking here.

"I know a lady of 65 fleeing the war in Syria and she died on her way to Europe."

Stone said he had heard "terrible stories of lives left behind".

He said: "It's so clear just from the day we've spent here how much pressure is being put on Germany.

"It has an immigration policy that you could say is far more generous than almost every other European country."

But not all nations on the continent have taken the same approach.

The Hungarian government is building a fence to keep people out, and a spokesman has told Sky News more urgent action is needed.

Sky's Tom Rayner is on Serbia's border with Hungary, and has described a "constant flow" of refugees from Syria into northern Europe.

In Sweden, the country's policy of openness on the subject of immigration is causing tension, as Mark Stone reported earlier.