In October, the German authorities registered 4,889 people who tried to enter the country illegally from Belarus and Poland.
The number of registered illegal immigrants in October was more than twice as high as in September.
From January to July, 26 illegal migrants arrived along this route, in August 474, but in September – 1914.
A total of 7,300 people have tried to enter the country illegally this year, German police said.
Migration to the German-Polish border has been increasing since August. “There are currently no signs of the situation easing,” the police said in a statement.
As part of an extensive hybrid attack on the regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, efforts have been made in recent months to send thousands of illegal immigrants to Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, most of whom have arrived in Belarus as tourists from Iraq.
The European Union has accused the Minsk regime of seeking to avenge support for the Belarusian opposition and of sanctions against Belarus in response to last year’s violent crackdown on protests.
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