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。
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.