"People in Europe are full of fear because they see that European leaders, among them Prime Ministers, are not able to control the situation," Orban said in Brussels after meetings with EU leaders.
"Nobody would like to stay in Hungary. All of them would like to go to Germany. Our job is only to register them."
Germany and Hungary's bickering highlights the differing views emerging in Europe over how to approach the crisis. As refugees piled on to trains at Budapest's main train station, Hungary's Parliament prepared tougher laws to crack down on refugees. Merkel has taken charge of Germany's response, calling it a national task to provide for the at least 800,000 refugees her Government estimates will arrive this year.
Merkel is delving into the minute details, such as the quest for temporary housing and the need for quick-fix waivers of building codes and public-procurement rules, according to a government official who asked not to be identified discussing private talks.
Germany's Government plans to present a package of measures, including higher spending on refugees, on September 24.
"We can't disengage from what happens in the world," Merkel said. "We talk a lot about globalisation and now we're seeing part of what that is."
Scuffles broken out yesterday west of the Hungarian capital, Budapest, after police tried to force migrants off a train at a refugee camp.
Police ordered journalists from the scene at Bicske, declaring it an "operation zone". The train had left Budapest hours after police let refugees into the railway station following a two-day standoff.
The refugees, many from war-torn Syria, had wanted to go to Germany. Those hopes were dashed after Hungary cancelled international rail connections and instead took them to refugee centres.
Orban has responded to the crisis by building a razor-wire fence along the frontier with Serbia, beefing up numbers of police and soldiers on the border and passing a law making it easier to immediately deport anyone entering from countries deemed "safe", including Serbia and Turkey.
The Hungarian Parliament is holding a two-day emergency session to discuss further legislation, with proposed measures including a three-year prison sentence for crossing the border fence.
Thousands rallied in Budapest on Thursday to protest the Government's treatment of migrants.
EU President Donald Tusk said during a press conference with Orban that proposals coming next week must address the EU-wide distribution of at least 100,000 refugees pouring into Hungary, Italy and Greece.
The plans will likely require countries that refuse to take in refugees to provide financing for those that do, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported, without saying where it got the information.
The leaders of Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland, which reject refugee quotas for individual EU members, were to meet in Prague to co-ordinate their position in the face of pressure from France and Germany, which are working on joint proposals to present to other European leaders.
"I won't name them, but some countries have refused to take in any refugees, and they must reconsider their position," Hollande said in Paris. "The system is not working, We need a permanent, binding mechanism."
- Bloomberg
Reaching out
Initiatives by European Union citizens in support of refugees:
Britain
A petition calling for the country to accept more asylum seekers had more than 130,000 signatures by yesterday. Volunteers have taken 500 pairs of rubber boots left at muddy music festival sites, tents, 2000 ponchos and first-aid kits to the French port of Calais where thousands of migrants camp in "the Jungle" while trying to reach Britain.
Germany
After the gruesome discovery last week of 71 decomposing bodies, believed to be Syrian refugees, in a truck abandoned on an Austrian highway, a German theatre troupe invited the public to pack into a refrigerated lorry to give them a glimpse of the hardships of migrants fleeing conflict zones. World Cup champion footballers led by captain Bastian Schweinsteiger made a video to call for "respect" and "help" for refugees.
Italy
The Baobab cultural centre in Rome, which claims to be the only initiative in Europe run by immigrants themselves, provides clothing and food for refugees waiting to travel on to other EU countries. Neighbours back the centre with donations, and Pope Francis has sent several truckloads of food there.
Iceland
After the Government said just 50 Syrian refugees would be taken in, author and professor Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir urged her 330,000 compatriots to speak out on Facebook. By yesterday, more than 14,000 people had backed her initiative. Some offered to house refugees while others want to donate time, clothes, food and toys, and help integrate them into Icelandic society.
Norway
The Facebook group Refugees Welcome to Norway now has more than 30,000 members. The group collects basic necessities and gives refugees information on food and clothing distribution and homes that have room.
- AFP
