Arriving daily in their hundreds, migrants can be seen celebrating as they reach the Greek island of Kos.<br /><br /> Local authorities are working around the clock to register the new arrivals and to diffuse rising tensions in overcrowded reception areas.<br /><br /> Mainly of Syrian origin, the migrants are sent to a local stadium or to the newly-arrived El Venizelos cruise liner, which is intended to house up to 3,000 people. There, they hope to be issued with papers allowing them to stay in Europe.<br /><br /> Syrian refugee Abdul El Messiyah said he was fleeing the self-proclaimed Islamic State Group:<br />“I wasn’t hoping to leave Syria at all but you know ISIS (Islamic State group) didn’t leave us a place. We hope to reach somewhere we can just live in. A country that can accept us as we are. Christians, no weapons, no killing, no nothing.” <br /><br /> An estimated 140,000 migrants have arrived in Greece so far this year. Many make their way to Bodrum in Turkey, before taking the 15-kilometre boat ride over to Kos.<br /><br /> Once
