The United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, has estimated that more than 366,000 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe this year. At least 2,800 have died or disappeared during the journey. Those who make the crossing face uncertain futures in European nations, which differ in their approach to asylum seekers. Austria had suspended its random border checks after photographs appeared online of a Syrian toddler lying dead on a Turkish beach. The images sparked global outcry and calls within Europe for governments to do more to help those trying to reach the European Union. Vienna had agreed with Germany to waive rules requiring refugees to register an asylum claim in the first EU country they reach.