The Latest: Hungary's Orban speaks against immigration

Orban, who opposes the settlement of economic migrants in Hungary, said Europe needed to adopt family-friendly policies and support having children because "the survival of our civilization and our culture is at stake."

Orban's government has been using tax breaks, housing subsidies and other incentives to encourage families to have more children.

Spain's Defense Ministry says one of its frigates has rescued 517 migrants from an open-top, wooden fishing vessel that was adrift off the coast of Libya.

German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG says it has donated 1 million euros ($1.1 million) to help with humanitarian assistance for the flood of asylum-seekers coming to Germany.

Siemens had already announced other efforts to help asylum-seekers, including providing qualified employees up to five days off per year to volunteer at refugee centers and a training program for newcomers.

The strikes, which began Monday, have stranded tens of thousands of residents of small islands, prevented agricultural produce from reaching mainland markets and trapped thousands of refugees on eastern Aegean islands.

Greece's coast guard says a patrol boat has rescued 78 people crammed onto a wooden boat that ran aground off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after sailing from the nearby Turkish shore.

The boat hit sandy shallows near the northern coast of Kos Thursday, and those on board were picked up by a coast guard vessel and transported to the island's harbor.

A further 293 people were rescued from five inflatable dinghies and a wooden boat overnight and Thursday morning near Lesbos, the island where the majority of refugee arrivals occur.

In a separate incident, the coast guard arrested two suspected smugglers heading back towards Turkey from Lesbos in an inflatable dinghy.

The agency said its focus is on improving shelter and reception facilities for the winter and providing items like tents, refugee housing units, blanket