Some 16,000 refugees on the island of Lesbos found themselves stranded on Oct. 21 when multiple changes to the refugee registration process forced people to funnel into a single site. Tension between police and refugees erupted into scuffles.
More than half a million people fleeing Syria and other countries in crisis have made the risky crossing from Turkey to Greece this year. Daily arrivals continue to be in the thousands, and at this rate, October will see one of the highest monthly totals.