Help, support and thousands of pounds has been pledged by Scottish charities to help refugees stranded across Europe.
An emotional Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland will do ''everything possible'' to help tackle the crisis as she told MSPs today how she had been reduced to tears by images of a young child washed up dead on a Turkish beach as his family fled Syria.
The First Minister also announced a special summit is to be held tomorrow to look at what could be done in Scotland.
Directors of the Refugee Crisis Appeal Europe said the charity has been "inundated with offers" from people wanting to give accommodation and donations to refugees in the UK while a campaign to help people stranded in Calais has also received a wave of donations including money, clothes, toiletries, food and sleeping bags.
Organisers of 'From Wishaw to Calais' have raised more than £2,000 online and aim to collect supplies and drive them to France.
Members of the public shocked by the images emerging from eastern Europe have organised a candle-lit vigil in George Square, Glasgow, next weekend and Celtic has announced funds raised from a charity game with Dunfermline on Sunday will be used to help those caught up in the crisis.
The match was originally organised to mark the 30th anniversary of the death of legendary manager Jock Stein who worked at both clubs.
Celtic fans joined with football supporters across Europe at the weekend to display banners saying "refugees welcome".
The Celtic FC Foundation said it will work with an international aid agency to ensure funds raised from the match can be used to help those most in need.
Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell said: "Having seen the effects of this humanitarian crisis unfold in recent days, we felt as a club we should help in any way we can.
"Celtic was established as a football club to help people in need and this ethos remains a fundamental part of our club almost 130 years after our formation.
"None of us can understand the true horrors of this situation but as a club we wanted to show our support for those affected."
Tony Hamilton, chief executive of Celtic FC Foundation, said: "This is absolutely the right thing for us to do. Our club was formed by immigrants, many of whom had escaped the devastation of the great famine.
"Celtic was created to offer vital help in a time of need and we feel it is important that we are there again.
"In the coming days we will appoint a third-party charity with expertise in this area to ensure the money donated is spent wisely to alleviate the suffering, in the best way possible."
Speaking at First Minister's Questions today, Ms Sturgeon said: ''As First Minister of Scotland, I pledge that I will ensure that Scotland does everything possible to help this refugee crisis.
''I will be far from the only person reduced to tears last night at the picture of a little boy washed up on the beach. That wee boy has touched our hearts, but his is not an isolated tragedy."
She added: ''I implore David Cameron to change his position and change it today, and I pledge as First Minister of this country that we stand ready to help offer sanctuary to refugees who need our help.''
A senior member of The Church of Scotland will attend the First Minister's summit tomorrow.
Rev Sally Foster-Fulton, convener of the Church and Society Council, said: "These refugees are coming from some of the most desperate situations imaginable.
"By opening our minds, our hearts and our borders, by welcoming them as the family they are, we display our true identity, members of a global community and a country who lives out radical hospitality and compassion.
"We would welcome the Scottish Government's commitment to take more than a share of 10,000 people.
"Compared to the numbers other countries are accepting, it is not that many and the Church of Scotland would be ready to explore how we can help.
"Church members continue to donate generously to improve the lives of those seeking aid beyond our shores.
"Now we should start thinking about what we can do more locally to practically welcome those who may seek shelter in our local communities."
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