"How is this going to work?" Orban asked rhetorically. "Has anyone thought this through?"
Orban spoke hours after Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told reporters that his country would begin phasing out emergency measures that helped thousands of refugees make their way to Germany over the weekend. Faymann said he had made the decision following what he called "intensive talks" with Orban and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"We have always said this is an emergency situation in which we must act quickly and humanely," said Faymann. "We have helped more than 12,000 people in an acute situation. Now we have to move step-by-step away from emergency measures towards normality, in conformity with the law and dignity." Faymann did not announce any timetable for when the measures might be removed.
The crisis has exposed deep divisions in the E.U. over how to handle the situation. Germany, which was expected to receive an estimated 800,000 refugees this year, said it was putting no limit on the number displaced people it would accept. French President Francois Hollande said Monday that his country would accept 24,000 refugees in an effort to take some of the burden off his close ally, Merkel.
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