650 migrants feared dead Around 650 migrants were feared drowned as a boat carrying 700 capsized in the waters of the Italian island of Lampedusa. Roughly 30 were saved.

10 dead in the Mediterranean 5,800 plucked from the Mediterranean in Italian and French operations. 10 found dead.

Cameron describes migrant "swarm" David Cameron described the thousands of migrants in Calais and around the Channel Tunnel as a “swarm of people”. Earlier in the day, UKIP’s Nigel Farage had used the same term on ITV’s Good Morning.

Nine Calais deaths Throughout the month, nine migrants died near the Channel Tunnel in separate incidents. French police said they had so far this year detained more than 18,000 migrants in and around Calais this year.

Rubber dinghy tragedy 12 migrants drowned when their rubber dinghy sank off Libya, with a further 500 being rescued.

110,000 migrants enter the EU Nearly 110,000 migrants were tracked entering the EU by irregular means. Nearly 50,000 of them arrived through the Aegean Sea route, landing on Lesbos, Chios, Kos, and other islands.

Macedonia declares state of emergency The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia declares a state of emergency, restricting its borders as roughly 2,000 refugees entered the country each day.

Thousands rescued from Mediterranean Sea The Italian navy organised the rescue of 4,400 migrants in the waters off the Libyan coast. At this point it was thought that more than 2,300 had drowned in the Mediterranean Sea so far this year.

71 migrants found dead in Austria 200 bodies discovered off the coast of Zurawa – a port in western Libya which is a people-trafficking hub. The boat on which they’d been travelling was originally packed with 400 people when it began sinking. On the same day, Hungarian police arrested the driver of a van found abandoned on the side of an Austrian motorway filled with 71 dead migrants. A baby girl was among the dead.

Hungary completes razor-wire fence Hungary finished building its razor-wire fence along the 175km border with Serbia. French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius describes the fence as “not fit for animals”.

Young migrants wash up on Turkish beach A Turkish policeman carries Aylan's body from the beach (AP) The bodies of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi and his five-year-old brother Galip are found washed up on a beach near Bodrum, Turkey, having drowned. Images are widely reproduced across the European media.

Hungary passes anti-migration laws Hungary's parliament passes series of laws, giving police more authority and setting out strict punishments including prison terms for illegal border crossing.

George Osborne: Britain’s foreign aid budget will be used to help councils resettle refugees Millions of pounds of Britain’s foreign aid budget will be used to help councils resettle refugees from camps in the UK, George Osborne revealed. He added that the £250million spent on refugees is "not nearly enough" and suggested using "additional money" from the GDP increase to increase aid for refugees.

David Cameron: Britain will accept 20,000 refugees David Cameron announced that Britain will assist the resettlement of 20,000 refugees in the UK over the next 5 years. They will be granted a five year humanitarian protection visa.

EU should take 120,000, says Juncker Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission president, calls on EU member states to take 120,000 refugees as part of a refugee burden sharing plan. This brings up the quota to 160,000 including the 40,000 he had suggested countries take earlier in the country.

Germany brings back border controls Germany brings back border controls at Austrian frontier and stopped trains with the country.

EU interior ministers meet EU interior ministers meet to discuss the crisis but end up with no agreement on the 120,000 quota. Another meeting is later decided to be held on Tuesday, September 22.

Hungary's anti-migration laws enforced Hungary's anti-immigration laws are now enforced. After a record 9,380 arrivals the day before, only 367 cross the border and all are arrested. An Iraqi man becomes the first person to be convicted and is banned from the country for a year.

Migrants head to Croatia Migrants and refugees are forced to take a new route, entering into Croatia from Serbia. At the Roszke border with Serbia, Hungarian police fire tear gas and water cannon at migrants protesting.