German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has said Russia is likely behind a wave of illegal immigrants from Belarus. He also says the EU has much to do on migrant policy despite numbers being below those of 2015 and 2016.
After their dangerous evacuation from Kabul, many Afghans in Germany are struggling with bureaucratic hurdles. It has left many frustrated.
The situation along the new migration route from Belarus into the EU is escalating, with the EU calling the Belarusian ruler Lukashenko a human trafficker. The tension could come at the expense of the thousands of migrants trying to enter EU territory. Meanwhile, Pro Asyl and Catholic charity Caritas warned of human rights violations at the Polish-Belarusian border.
According to Germany's interior ministry, some 4,300 former Afghan local staff have told the German government they are at risk and wish to leave Afghanistan. A total of 2,054 local staff and their family members have been brought to Germany thus far.
The number of asylum applications in Germany has risen again this year. Along with traditional routes through Greece, Italy and Spain, Belarus has become a major migration route in the last few months.
Germany says the number of migrants arriving from Poland and Belarus has soared in recent months. The EU accuses Belarus of fueling mass migration, and Poland has said it will spend millions to build a wall.
German police are reporting a further increase in unauthorized entries of people from Iraq, Syria and other countries who cross into Germany via Poland from Belarus. Almost 400 people were apprehended on the German-Polish border this weekend, a new record.
Migrants from Afghanistan and the Middle East continue to cross the border from Poland into Germany. Belarus, which is accused of pushing the migrants towards the EU, has passed a law blocking their return.
Eighteen people from Afghanistan and Romania have been arrested in a major cross-border police operation. The men are suspected of smuggling mostly Afghan migrants in lorries from Romania into Germany.
A 40-year-old Sudanese man, armed with a knife, has died after being shot by German police. The incident took place at a home for asylum seekers near the German city of Bremen.
More than 9,000 people are stranded at military bases in Ramstein and Kaiserslautern. Washington suspended flights when measles was detected among evacuees landing in the US.
A new oral history archive launched on September 30 gives refugees in Germany a voice. What they have to say is multifaceted, and in parts disturbing.