Ireland - while outside the EU's agreements on refugees - will voluntarily commit itself to taking a share of the refugees, Mr Kenny says.

Image source, reuters

Reports from Canada say Immigration Minister Chris Alexander has suspended his re-election campaign to investigate why an asylum application made by the aunt of the three-year-old boy who drowned in the sea off Turkey was turned down by Canadian officials.

Aylan Kurdi's aunt lives in Vancouver and had written personally to Mr Alexander seeking to sponsor her relatives to safety in Canada, the Globe and Mail reports, external.

There's been a huge online conversation about images of the dead three-year-old, with many British newspapers using them on their front pages today. 

But will it change the way the world views Syrian migrants? BBC Trending, external has taken a look at the reaction.

Image source, Unknown

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has spoken about images of a young Syrian boy whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey yesterday. 

Images of the scene sparked an international outcry over the growing crisis, and Mr Cameron said "as a father I felt deeply moved" when he saw the image of Aylan Kurdi.

"Britain is a moral nation and we will fulfill our moral responsibilities," Mr Cameron added, but gave no details about how the country would do this. 

"These men and women, with their families, are fleeing war and persecution. They need international protection."

"Europe must protect those for whom she is the last hope.

The European Union must act in a decisive manner and in line with its values, the statement from French President Francois Hollande said.

The two governments "have announced joint proposals to organise the reception of refugees and a fair distribution in Europe" as well as "converging standards to strengthen the European asylum system," he said.

France and Germany have decided on a joint initiative on the migrant crisis, the Elysee Palace says. We'll bring you more details as they come in.

German football giant Bayern Munich has announced a "training camp" for asylum seekers, in which children and young people will receive German lessons, meals and kit.

At the next home game on 12 September, the players will enter the arena holding the hand of a German child and an asylum seeker child, the club said.

One million euros from a friendly game will be donated to asylum projects.

"FC Bayern sees it as its social responsibility to help the refugees, needy children, women and men to support them and to accompany them in Germany," said club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.   

More details from her press conference soon - she is expected to address the migrants crisis.

Image source, Reuters

BBC cameraman Xavier Van Pevenaege sent in these images from the train that is stationary in Biscke as it carries people seeking to leave Hungary for Austria and Germany.

Jenan Moussa, external, a correspondent for Dubai-based broadcaster Al Aan TV, has been speaking to people in Kobane in Syria and reported more details on the drowning of the toddler photographed on a Turkish beach yesterday. 

The migrants on the train in Bicske in Hungary are refusing to disembark, according to BBC News producer Imelda Flattery. She and several other journalists had been travelling on the train from Keleti station in Budapest.