Hungary opened its borders, hoping that the human tide would flow onward, but then erected a razor-wire fence when it turned out that there were too few welcoming destinations. The EU’s Eastern European members initially resisted taking their share of the 120,000; but, dependent on fiscal transfers from the EU’s wealthier members, they fell into line after diplomatic arm-twisting similar to that administered to Greece.
对于如何处理这股涌入的人流也没有形成一致。德国总理默克尔先是宣布，她的国家有着吸收难民的历史义务，随后不得不在政治批评面前低头。匈牙利开放了边境，希望人流只是过境，但随后建起了铁丝网隔离障，因为情况表明受欢迎的目的地太少了。欧盟的东欧成员国一开始拒绝分担接受120,000难民的义务，但是，它们需要仰仗欧盟较富裕国家的财政转移支付，因此，在经历了与希腊类似的外交施压后，它们也被迫就范。