Pressure is mounting on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to handle the World War II-esque surge of immigrant refugees from war-torn Syria and Iraq. Monday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu deliberately made the controversy about religious intolerance.

In a piece he wrote for Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published Monday (pre-released excerpts of which were obtained by Reuters), Davutoglu ripped the European Union for accepting a "ridiculously small" share of refugees and offering what he deemed was insufficient financial support for the crisis.

While Turkey has taken in around two million Syrian and Iraqi refugees, acting as a "buffer zone between the chaos and Europe," Davutoglu accused the EU of trying to build a "Christian fortress Europe." Saying that such a response flew in the face of European values, Davutoglu called on Europe to work with Turkey to handle the humanitarian crisis in a more fair and coordinated way. 

The same day Davutoglu's piece was published, the EU announced an increase in its refugee quotas, with Germany to take in over 40,000 and France 30,000. The total number the EU is now relocating is 160,000, a 120,000 increase from the number it said it would admit last week.

Meanwhile, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is warning immigrants not to even try to enter his country and has pledged to "hermetically seal" the border. 

"I'm therefore asking those who want to cross into Europe through Hungary: don't come," said the prime minister. "Even though the situation won’t change overnight, we will gradually achieve results and the time will come when we can tell our Austrian and German friends that Hungary’s southern borders are hermetically sealed."

Many fear that radical elements will be included among the asylum-seekers. Reports of Pakistanis and others attempting to be admitted as "Syrian" refugees have circulated along with threats from ISIS that the group is using the crisis as an opportunity to increase its presence in Europe.