Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic contradict Merkel

Following reports of the deal, a spokesman for the Hungarian government denied that Budapest has agreed to a migrant repatriation system with Germany.

"No such deal has been reached," Zoltan Kovacs said.

Soon after, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis also denied there was a migrant deal with Berlin, as did a spokesman for the Polish Foreign Ministry.

"This alarming news is complete nonsense," he said. "Germany did not approach us, and in this moment I would not ratify such an agreement."