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Germany beefs up asylum rules as half a million cross Med

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Germany toughened rules for asylum seekers from the Balkans as Europe struggled to cope with a surge in migrants, with new figures showing more than half a million have crossed the Mediterranean this year.

Berlin added Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro to a list of so-called safe countries, so people claiming asylum from those states can be deported more swiftly to free up resources for refugees from war-torn countries like Syria.

Germany's previous open-door policy to Syrians has sparked clashes with some eastern EU member states, in particular Hungary, which has taken a harsher approach and sealed its borders to migrants.

Budapest, which has drawn wide criticism for its hardline approach, on Tuesday went a step further saying it would put forward proposals for global migrant quotas at a UN conference.

The tensions came as the number of migrants arriving via the Mediterranean showed no signs of abating, with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) saying that 515,000 arrived so far this year.

A group of walk towards the Croatian-Hungarian border in the village of Baranjsko Petrovo Selo  near...
A group of walk towards the Croatian-Hungarian border in the village of Baranjsko Petrovo Selo, near the Croatian town of Beli Manastir, on September 29, 2015
Elvis Barukcic, AFP

About half are escaping Syria's civil war, which has topped the agenda of the UN General Assembly in New York this week, and where Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was holding a meeting on the refugee crisis Wednesday.

Reflecting the scale of the issue, the G7 group of leading economies and Gulf states pledged $1.8 billion in funding Tuesday for UN aid agencies helping Syrian refugees.

As part of that, Berlin said it would give an additional 100 million euros ($113 million) to improve assistance for refugees in their home regions.

Germany has already committed billions of euros to helping asylum seekers, but with between 8,000 and 10,000 migrants arriving daily in Europe's biggest economy in the past four days, it is now looking to discourage economic migrants from clogging up the system.

"We want to send a clear signal to those (who are not fleeing war), don't come here, you have no chance, you will have to leave our country," Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

Berlin will reduce payouts to migrants, and seek to distribute benefits in kind rather than in cash to refugees.

- Lost at sea -

The movement of migrants into Europe
The movement of migrants into Europe
K. Tian/JM.Cornu/J.Jacobsen, AFP

In the first six months of 2015, about 40 percent of asylum-seekers in Germany came from the Balkans, even though their chances of getting asylum was less than one percent.

Europe is also facing a tide of people making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, where the UNHCR said some 2,980 have perished or disappeared this year.

Highlighting the dangers, the Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue Monday of 1,151 migrants in 11 separate operations off the coast of Libya.

At the other side of the continent, a 20-year-old Iraqi was found dead Tuesday in a lorry near the French port of Calais, crushed by pallets as he tried to reach Britain.

Refugees rest onboard the Dignity 1 search and rescue vessel after they were rescued along with othe...
Refugees rest onboard the Dignity 1 search and rescue vessel after they were rescued along with other migrants from their rubber boat by members of MSF, in the Meditterranean sea off the coast of Libya on September 29, 2015
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, AFP

The discovery of the decomposing bodies of 71 people in a truck at the side of an Austrian motorway in August highlighted the dangers faced by migrants trying to get into Europe.

On Tuesday, a Bulgarian court ruled that a 32-year-old man arrested shortly after the tragedy would be extradited to Austria, charged with the negligent manslaughter of migrants plus belonging to a criminal gang.

- 'World quotas' -

Many migrants enter the EU through its eastern borders, then travel up through the Balkans and into EU member Hungary, bound for northern Europe -- particularly Sweden and Germany.

But the flow of migrants have been disrupted since Hungary closed its borders with Serbia using a razor wire fence, sending people flooding into Croatia, where authorities have been overwhelmed by arrivals.

Budapest has also made it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison to cross the border illegally, while giving the army the right to use rubber bullets on border patrols.

Hungary has faced fierce criticism for its policies but on Tuesday said other countries should do more to help.

"We suggest that all major players should bear some burden. We should introduce some world quotas," Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told reporters.

"The major sources of this mass popular movement are countries which became unstable because of international political decisions. They were not made only by Europe."

But Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic lashed out at Budapest's handling of migrants as "totally unacceptable" after visiting a migrant centre in Croatia's east.

"They (Hungary) are considering closing border crossings. But how will they stop people? Shoot at them? Deploy the army?" he said, adding his voice to the chorus of criticism levelled at Budapest.

Refugees and migrants disembark from a Croatian train in northern Croatian village of Botovo late on...
Refugees and migrants disembark from a Croatian train in northern Croatian village of Botovo late on September 20, 2015
Elvis Barukcic, AFP
Migrants holding a baby rest after arriving on the shore of Sykamias beach  west of the port of Myti...
Migrants holding a baby rest after arriving on the shore of Sykamias beach, west of the port of Mytilene on the Greek Island of Lesbos, on September 20, 2015, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey
Iakovos Hatzistavrou, AFP
Volunteers help a sick child as migrants arrive in Graz on September 20  2015
Volunteers help a sick child as migrants arrive in Graz on September 20, 2015
Jure Makovec, AFP
Migrants and refugees sleep on a bus heading towards the Serbia-Croatia border via Belgrade to the w...
Migrants and refugees sleep on a bus heading towards the Serbia-Croatia border via Belgrade to the western-Serbia town of Sid, on September 20, 2015
Armend Nimani, AFP
Migrants board a train to Graz at a railway station in Spielfeld on September 20  2015
Migrants board a train to Graz at a railway station in Spielfeld on September 20, 2015
Jure Makovec, AFP
Migrants rush to board a train heading to the Hungarian border near the town of Botovo  at the train...
Migrants rush to board a train heading to the Hungarian border near the town of Botovo, at the train station in the eastern Croatia town of Tovarnik, on September 20, 2015
STR, AFP
Slovenian riot police stand guard as migrants and refugees wait to leave the Croatian-Slovenian bord...
Slovenian riot police stand guard as migrants and refugees wait to leave the Croatian-Slovenian border in Obrezje on September 20, 2015
STR, AFP
Migrants walk past barbed wire as they cross the Macedonia-Greece border near Gevgelija on September...
Migrants walk past barbed wire as they cross the Macedonia-Greece border near Gevgelija on September 20, 2015
Nikolay Doychinov, AFP
Hungarian police escort migrants in the early hours of September 20  2015 after they cross the borde...
Hungarian police escort migrants in the early hours of September 20, 2015 after they cross the border near Zakany to continue their trip to Germany
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP
Migrants queue to board a train heading to Serbia near Gevgelija at the border between Greece and Ma...
Migrants queue to board a train heading to Serbia near Gevgelija at the border between Greece and Macedonia on September 20, 2015
Nikolay Doychinov, AFP
Syrian migrants clash with Turkish riot police at Edirne on September 19  2015
Syrian migrants clash with Turkish riot police at Edirne on September 19, 2015
Bulent Kilic, AFP
Thousands of migrants wait for their departure to Germany at the Austrian side of the Hungarian-Aust...
Thousands of migrants wait for their departure to Germany at the Austrian side of the Hungarian-Austrian border in Heiligenkreuz on September 19, 2015
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP
Slovenia police stand guard  as migrants and refugees wait to depart the bridge between the Croatian...
Slovenia police stand guard, as migrants and refugees wait to depart the bridge between the Croatian-Slovenian border in Rigonce on September 19, 2015
-, AFP
A father carries his child as Syrian refugees and migrants face Turkish riot police during a short c...
A father carries his child as Syrian refugees and migrants face Turkish riot police during a short clash at the Turkish-Greek border at Edirne on September 19, 2015
Bulent Kilic, AFP
Migrants wait to be taken by Slovenian police from the Rigonce-Harmica border crossing to the regist...
Migrants wait to be taken by Slovenian police from the Rigonce-Harmica border crossing to the registration center in nearby Brezice, Slovenia, on September 19, 2015
Jure Makovec, AFP
Syrian migrants and refugees march towards Greece along a highway on September 18  2015  on their wa...
Syrian migrants and refugees march towards Greece along a highway on September 18, 2015, on their way to the border between Turkey and Greece
Bulent Kilic, AFP
Migrants and refugees queue to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near Gevgelija on September 18  201...
Migrants and refugees queue to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near Gevgelija on September 18, 2015
Nikolay Doychinov, AFP
Migrants and refugees move forward to board buses in a marshalling yard near Zagreb  on September 18...
Migrants and refugees move forward to board buses in a marshalling yard near Zagreb, on September 18, 2015
, AFP
Migrants board through a window of a train heading to Zagreb at a railway station  near the official...
Migrants board through a window of a train heading to Zagreb at a railway station, near the official border crossing between Croatia and Serbia on September 18 2015
, AFP
Migrants walk on railway tracks towards the train station of Tovarnik close to the Croatian-Serbian ...
Migrants walk on railway tracks towards the train station of Tovarnik close to the Croatian-Serbian border, on September 17, 2015
, AFP
Migrants wait for a train at a station near the official border between Serbia and Croatia on Septem...
Migrants wait for a train at a station near the official border between Serbia and Croatia on September 17, 2015
, AFP
Migrants and refugees protest the blocked access to the road and ticket office for Turkey-Greece bor...
Migrants and refugees protest the blocked access to the road and ticket office for Turkey-Greece border towns on September 15, 2015
Yasin Akgul, AFP/File
Syrian refugees and migrants gather near the highway on September 15  2015  on their way to the bord...
Syrian refugees and migrants gather near the highway on September 15, 2015, on their way to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria in the northwestern Turkish city of Edirne
Bulent Kilic, AFP/File
A girl is affected by tear gas during clashes between migrants and Hungarian riot police at the Hung...
A girl is affected by tear gas during clashes between migrants and Hungarian riot police at the Hungarian border with Serbia near the town of Horgos on September 16, 2015
Armend Nimani, AFP
Migrants run away from tear gas thrown by Hungarian riot police at the border with Serbia near the t...
Migrants run away from tear gas thrown by Hungarian riot police at the border with Serbia near the town of Horgos on September 16, 2015
Armend Nimani, AFP
Hungarian riot police clash with migrants attempting to break out from the no-man's land betwee...
Hungarian riot police clash with migrants attempting to break out from the no-man's land between the two countries at the Hungarian-Serbian border of Roszke station on September 16, 2015
Sandor Gemesi, AFP
A refugee holds a young boy at the main train station in Munich  southern Germany  after migrants ar...
A refugee holds a young boy at the main train station in Munich, southern Germany, after migrants arrived from Hungary on August 31, 2015
Christof Stache, AFP/File
Migrants and refugees wait at Istanbul's Esenler Bus Terminal for buses to the Turkish-Greek bo...
Migrants and refugees wait at Istanbul's Esenler Bus Terminal for buses to the Turkish-Greek border after authorities withheld tickets to Turkish border towns on September 16, 2015
Yasin Akgul, AFP
A migrant prays along the side of a freeway north of Rodby as a large group of migrants  mainly from...
A migrant prays along the side of a freeway north of Rodby as a large group of migrants, mainly from Syria, walk on the highway moving to the north on September 7, 2015 in Denmark
Jens Nørgaard Larsen, Scanpix Denmark/AFP/File
Salim Assi (C) and a large group of immigrants living in Denmark welcome migrants at Rodby on Septem...
Salim Assi (C) and a large group of immigrants living in Denmark welcome migrants at Rodby on September 8, 2015
Mathais Lovgreen Bojesen, Scanpix Denmark/AFP
Migrants arrive at the railway station in Munich  southern Germany  on September 12  2015
Migrants arrive at the railway station in Munich, southern Germany, on September 12, 2015
Philipp Guelland, AFP
Policemen lead migrants to a temporary shelter upon their arrival in Munich  Germany  from Budapest ...
Policemen lead migrants to a temporary shelter upon their arrival in Munich, Germany, from Budapest on September 12, 2015
Sven Hoppe, DPA/AFP
Migrants wait for the bus at the main train station in Munich  southern Germany  on September 13  20...
Migrants wait for the bus at the main train station in Munich, southern Germany, on September 13, 2015
Christof Stache, AFP
Migrants walk next to camp beds in a makeshift refugee shelter in a gym in Stern-Buchholz  northern ...
Migrants walk next to camp beds in a makeshift refugee shelter in a gym in Stern-Buchholz, northern Germany, on September 7, 2015
Jens Buttner, DPA/AFP/File

Germany toughened rules for asylum seekers from the Balkans as Europe struggled to cope with a surge in migrants, with new figures showing more than half a million have crossed the Mediterranean this year.

Berlin added Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro to a list of so-called safe countries, so people claiming asylum from those states can be deported more swiftly to free up resources for refugees from war-torn countries like Syria.

Germany’s previous open-door policy to Syrians has sparked clashes with some eastern EU member states, in particular Hungary, which has taken a harsher approach and sealed its borders to migrants.

Budapest, which has drawn wide criticism for its hardline approach, on Tuesday went a step further saying it would put forward proposals for global migrant quotas at a UN conference.

The tensions came as the number of migrants arriving via the Mediterranean showed no signs of abating, with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) saying that 515,000 arrived so far this year.

A group of walk towards the Croatian-Hungarian border in the village of Baranjsko Petrovo Selo  near...

A group of walk towards the Croatian-Hungarian border in the village of Baranjsko Petrovo Selo, near the Croatian town of Beli Manastir, on September 29, 2015
Elvis Barukcic, AFP

About half are escaping Syria’s civil war, which has topped the agenda of the UN General Assembly in New York this week, and where Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was holding a meeting on the refugee crisis Wednesday.

Reflecting the scale of the issue, the G7 group of leading economies and Gulf states pledged $1.8 billion in funding Tuesday for UN aid agencies helping Syrian refugees.

As part of that, Berlin said it would give an additional 100 million euros ($113 million) to improve assistance for refugees in their home regions.

Germany has already committed billions of euros to helping asylum seekers, but with between 8,000 and 10,000 migrants arriving daily in Europe’s biggest economy in the past four days, it is now looking to discourage economic migrants from clogging up the system.

“We want to send a clear signal to those (who are not fleeing war), don’t come here, you have no chance, you will have to leave our country,” Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

Berlin will reduce payouts to migrants, and seek to distribute benefits in kind rather than in cash to refugees.

– Lost at sea –

The movement of migrants into Europe

The movement of migrants into Europe
K. Tian/JM.Cornu/J.Jacobsen, AFP

In the first six months of 2015, about 40 percent of asylum-seekers in Germany came from the Balkans, even though their chances of getting asylum was less than one percent.

Europe is also facing a tide of people making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, where the UNHCR said some 2,980 have perished or disappeared this year.

Highlighting the dangers, the Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue Monday of 1,151 migrants in 11 separate operations off the coast of Libya.

At the other side of the continent, a 20-year-old Iraqi was found dead Tuesday in a lorry near the French port of Calais, crushed by pallets as he tried to reach Britain.

Refugees rest onboard the Dignity 1 search and rescue vessel after they were rescued along with othe...

Refugees rest onboard the Dignity 1 search and rescue vessel after they were rescued along with other migrants from their rubber boat by members of MSF, in the Meditterranean sea off the coast of Libya on September 29, 2015
Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, AFP

The discovery of the decomposing bodies of 71 people in a truck at the side of an Austrian motorway in August highlighted the dangers faced by migrants trying to get into Europe.

On Tuesday, a Bulgarian court ruled that a 32-year-old man arrested shortly after the tragedy would be extradited to Austria, charged with the negligent manslaughter of migrants plus belonging to a criminal gang.

– ‘World quotas’ –

Many migrants enter the EU through its eastern borders, then travel up through the Balkans and into EU member Hungary, bound for northern Europe — particularly Sweden and Germany.

But the flow of migrants have been disrupted since Hungary closed its borders with Serbia using a razor wire fence, sending people flooding into Croatia, where authorities have been overwhelmed by arrivals.

Budapest has also made it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison to cross the border illegally, while giving the army the right to use rubber bullets on border patrols.

Hungary has faced fierce criticism for its policies but on Tuesday said other countries should do more to help.

“We suggest that all major players should bear some burden. We should introduce some world quotas,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told reporters.

“The major sources of this mass popular movement are countries which became unstable because of international political decisions. They were not made only by Europe.”

But Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic lashed out at Budapest’s handling of migrants as “totally unacceptable” after visiting a migrant centre in Croatia’s east.

“They (Hungary) are considering closing border crossings. But how will they stop people? Shoot at them? Deploy the army?” he said, adding his voice to the chorus of criticism levelled at Budapest.

Refugees and migrants disembark from a Croatian train in northern Croatian village of Botovo late on...

Refugees and migrants disembark from a Croatian train in northern Croatian village of Botovo late on September 20, 2015
Elvis Barukcic, AFP


Migrants holding a baby rest after arriving on the shore of Sykamias beach  west of the port of Myti...

Migrants holding a baby rest after arriving on the shore of Sykamias beach, west of the port of Mytilene on the Greek Island of Lesbos, on September 20, 2015, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey
Iakovos Hatzistavrou, AFP


Volunteers help a sick child as migrants arrive in Graz on September 20  2015

Volunteers help a sick child as migrants arrive in Graz on September 20, 2015
Jure Makovec, AFP


Migrants and refugees sleep on a bus heading towards the Serbia-Croatia border via Belgrade to the w...

Migrants and refugees sleep on a bus heading towards the Serbia-Croatia border via Belgrade to the western-Serbia town of Sid, on September 20, 2015
Armend Nimani, AFP


Migrants board a train to Graz at a railway station in Spielfeld on September 20  2015

Migrants board a train to Graz at a railway station in Spielfeld on September 20, 2015
Jure Makovec, AFP


Migrants rush to board a train heading to the Hungarian border near the town of Botovo  at the train...

Migrants rush to board a train heading to the Hungarian border near the town of Botovo, at the train station in the eastern Croatia town of Tovarnik, on September 20, 2015
STR, AFP


Slovenian riot police stand guard as migrants and refugees wait to leave the Croatian-Slovenian bord...

Slovenian riot police stand guard as migrants and refugees wait to leave the Croatian-Slovenian border in Obrezje on September 20, 2015
STR, AFP


Migrants walk past barbed wire as they cross the Macedonia-Greece border near Gevgelija on September...

Migrants walk past barbed wire as they cross the Macedonia-Greece border near Gevgelija on September 20, 2015
Nikolay Doychinov, AFP


Hungarian police escort migrants in the early hours of September 20  2015 after they cross the borde...

Hungarian police escort migrants in the early hours of September 20, 2015 after they cross the border near Zakany to continue their trip to Germany
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP


Migrants queue to board a train heading to Serbia near Gevgelija at the border between Greece and Ma...

Migrants queue to board a train heading to Serbia near Gevgelija at the border between Greece and Macedonia on September 20, 2015
Nikolay Doychinov, AFP


Syrian migrants clash with Turkish riot police at Edirne on September 19  2015

Syrian migrants clash with Turkish riot police at Edirne on September 19, 2015
Bulent Kilic, AFP


Thousands of migrants wait for their departure to Germany at the Austrian side of the Hungarian-Aust...

Thousands of migrants wait for their departure to Germany at the Austrian side of the Hungarian-Austrian border in Heiligenkreuz on September 19, 2015
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP


Slovenia police stand guard  as migrants and refugees wait to depart the bridge between the Croatian...

Slovenia police stand guard, as migrants and refugees wait to depart the bridge between the Croatian-Slovenian border in Rigonce on September 19, 2015
-, AFP


A father carries his child as Syrian refugees and migrants face Turkish riot police during a short c...

A father carries his child as Syrian refugees and migrants face Turkish riot police during a short clash at the Turkish-Greek border at Edirne on September 19, 2015
Bulent Kilic, AFP


Migrants wait to be taken by Slovenian police from the Rigonce-Harmica border crossing to the regist...

Migrants wait to be taken by Slovenian police from the Rigonce-Harmica border crossing to the registration center in nearby Brezice, Slovenia, on September 19, 2015
Jure Makovec, AFP


Syrian migrants and refugees march towards Greece along a highway on September 18  2015  on their wa...

Syrian migrants and refugees march towards Greece along a highway on September 18, 2015, on their way to the border between Turkey and Greece
Bulent Kilic, AFP


Migrants and refugees queue to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near Gevgelija on September 18  201...

Migrants and refugees queue to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near Gevgelija on September 18, 2015
Nikolay Doychinov, AFP


Migrants and refugees move forward to board buses in a marshalling yard near Zagreb  on September 18...

Migrants and refugees move forward to board buses in a marshalling yard near Zagreb, on September 18, 2015
, AFP


Migrants board through a window of a train heading to Zagreb at a railway station  near the official...

Migrants board through a window of a train heading to Zagreb at a railway station, near the official border crossing between Croatia and Serbia on September 18 2015
, AFP


Migrants walk on railway tracks towards the train station of Tovarnik close to the Croatian-Serbian ...

Migrants walk on railway tracks towards the train station of Tovarnik close to the Croatian-Serbian border, on September 17, 2015
, AFP


Migrants wait for a train at a station near the official border between Serbia and Croatia on Septem...

Migrants wait for a train at a station near the official border between Serbia and Croatia on September 17, 2015
, AFP


Migrants and refugees protest the blocked access to the road and ticket office for Turkey-Greece bor...

Migrants and refugees protest the blocked access to the road and ticket office for Turkey-Greece border towns on September 15, 2015
Yasin Akgul, AFP/File


Syrian refugees and migrants gather near the highway on September 15  2015  on their way to the bord...

Syrian refugees and migrants gather near the highway on September 15, 2015, on their way to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria in the northwestern Turkish city of Edirne
Bulent Kilic, AFP/File


A girl is affected by tear gas during clashes between migrants and Hungarian riot police at the Hung...

A girl is affected by tear gas during clashes between migrants and Hungarian riot police at the Hungarian border with Serbia near the town of Horgos on September 16, 2015
Armend Nimani, AFP


Migrants run away from tear gas thrown by Hungarian riot police at the border with Serbia near the t...

Migrants run away from tear gas thrown by Hungarian riot police at the border with Serbia near the town of Horgos on September 16, 2015
Armend Nimani, AFP


Hungarian riot police clash with migrants attempting to break out from the no-man's land betwee...

Hungarian riot police clash with migrants attempting to break out from the no-man's land between the two countries at the Hungarian-Serbian border of Roszke station on September 16, 2015
Sandor Gemesi, AFP


A refugee holds a young boy at the main train station in Munich  southern Germany  after migrants ar...

A refugee holds a young boy at the main train station in Munich, southern Germany, after migrants arrived from Hungary on August 31, 2015
Christof Stache, AFP/File


Migrants and refugees wait at Istanbul's Esenler Bus Terminal for buses to the Turkish-Greek bo...

Migrants and refugees wait at Istanbul's Esenler Bus Terminal for buses to the Turkish-Greek border after authorities withheld tickets to Turkish border towns on September 16, 2015
Yasin Akgul, AFP


A migrant prays along the side of a freeway north of Rodby as a large group of migrants  mainly from...

A migrant prays along the side of a freeway north of Rodby as a large group of migrants, mainly from Syria, walk on the highway moving to the north on September 7, 2015 in Denmark
Jens Nørgaard Larsen, Scanpix Denmark/AFP/File


Salim Assi (C) and a large group of immigrants living in Denmark welcome migrants at Rodby on Septem...

Salim Assi (C) and a large group of immigrants living in Denmark welcome migrants at Rodby on September 8, 2015
Mathais Lovgreen Bojesen, Scanpix Denmark/AFP


Migrants arrive at the railway station in Munich  southern Germany  on September 12  2015

Migrants arrive at the railway station in Munich, southern Germany, on September 12, 2015
Philipp Guelland, AFP


Policemen lead migrants to a temporary shelter upon their arrival in Munich  Germany  from Budapest ...

Policemen lead migrants to a temporary shelter upon their arrival in Munich, Germany, from Budapest on September 12, 2015
Sven Hoppe, DPA/AFP


Migrants wait for the bus at the main train station in Munich  southern Germany  on September 13  20...

Migrants wait for the bus at the main train station in Munich, southern Germany, on September 13, 2015
Christof Stache, AFP


Migrants walk next to camp beds in a makeshift refugee shelter in a gym in Stern-Buchholz  northern ...

Migrants walk next to camp beds in a makeshift refugee shelter in a gym in Stern-Buchholz, northern Germany, on September 7, 2015
Jens Buttner, DPA/AFP/File

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