Hungary's prime minister has said eastern European nations are forced to protect themselves from the "brutal threat" of mass migration until the EU organises a united response to the refugee crisis.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government has built a fence to keep out refugees on the Serbian border and is rapidly constructing a similar 3.5-metre-high steel fence on the Croatian border.
Poland will introduce border controls if there is any threat to national security amid the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, the country's Prime Minister has warned.
Ewa Kopacz also revealed she had told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that Poland would not sign up to automatic quotas for accepting migrants, vowing to only take as many refugees as the country could afford.
She also told Mr Juncker that Warsaw wanted stronger controls at the external borders of the EU, she added.
International development secretary announces extra resources to help identify and prioritise the most vulnerable refugees from camps.
Thousands of refugees and migrants have been trapped in a cruel tug-of-war overnight as European nations squabble over what to do with them.
Croatians have been warning refugees and migrants who are attempting to cross the country's border to be aware of minefields in the area.