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Polish soldiers on the border with Belarus (archive shot)
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Germany sends more migrants back to the neighboring country via Poland.
According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior on Tuesday, 104 and 108 requests for redemption were made by German authorities in August and September.
In the two months, Poland agreed to return in 128 cases.
In July there were only 37 return requests and commitments.
Previously, the number hovered around 65 per month.
Since August, the number of migrants and refugees entering Germany via Belarus and Poland has increased significantly.
Because Poland is the first Schengen country that people enter, they should actually apply for asylum there.
But many want to do this only in Germany.
This is why the number of illegal border crossings on the German-Polish border has risen sharply in the past few weeks.
Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants to explain measures against illegal migration in the federal cabinet on Wednesday.
Poland is more and more soldiers for protection of border with
Belarus
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Because Belarus is accused of systematically deporting migrants to the EU states, Poland now increasingly wants to use the military on its eastern border to prevent illegal border crossings.
The Ministry of Defense in Warsaw announced that almost 6,000 soldiers were currently deployed in the border area, twice as many as at the weekend.
The soldiers supported the border police and tried to prevent illegal border crossings, said Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.
According to the border guards, there were 612 illegal entries from Belarus on Monday alone.
Poland has already declared a state of emergency in the region.
The European Union accuses Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as a reaction to sanctions, for example from Turkey flying in massive refugees from Syria and other countries.
In Belarus, they should then make their way to the European Union in order to destabilize the situation there.
Many of them then move on to Germany.
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