The last time refugee camps were prevalent in Europe was after World War II. Seventy years later they have returned, the result of the mass exodus from Syria.
Protesters, including one dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member, threw stones and fireworks at a bus carrying refugee families.
The move comes after a series of border measures were taken by the two nations amid flaring tensions over refugee movement.
"The measures we have agreed today will not end the crisis. But they are all necessary steps in the right direction."
European Union officials will provide emergency funding for the refugee crisis, but then it's up to national leaders to make tough financial decisions.
Refugees are landing by the thousands on the Greek island, and local volunteers are saving scores from certain death.
Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic continue to oppose the quota plan, which was approved in a rare majority vote Tuesday.
European leaders took a step forward in voting to redistribute 120,000 refugees despite objections from four countries.
Alienated by the right-wing government and widespread unemployment, young Hungarians are politically disengaged, even in the face of the refugee crisis.
Germany’s migration director reportedly reached an agreement with the firm to manage the influx of refugees.
While US lawmakers crunch numbers, resettlement agencies said they can handle an increase in arrivals.
As thousands of refugees land on the Greek island, the new arrivals sometimes face resentment from locals.
“Let us not forget, we are an aging continent in demographic decline."
Croatia's government has struggled to respond to the crisis, which has seen 29,000 refugees and economic migrants enter the country since last week.
Angela Merkel emphasized that Germany should only protect those fleeing violence or persecution, and not those immigrating for economic reasons.
France's president called on all European nations to help deal with the influx of refugees, whose numbers have climbed to over 500,000 since January.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the country would raise the number of refugees accepted annually to 100,000 from 70,000.
Thirteen refugees died in Turkish waters in an attempt to reach Europe Sunday, while Hungary reopened a border crossing with Serbia.
Aid groups have raised less than half the $7.4 billion needed to support refugees and internally displaced Syrians, the AP reported.
However, more than 8,000 Albanians sought asylum in Germany in August alone.
Humanitarian workers say they rescued 301 people attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in flimsy rubber dinghies Saturday.
Croatia’s President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic is calling on the European Union for more help in dealing with a massive influx of refugees.