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The number of migrants from Iraq, Yemen or Syria entering Germany from Poland hit a “new weekend record” in early October, federal police said.
In recent weeks, thousands of immigrants have tried to reach EU members Lithuania, Latvia and Poland from Belarus. These figures are unprecedented in the region.
Brussels accuses Belarus of deliberately directing this flow and thus retaliating for EU sanctions for the Moscow-backed Minsk regime’s crackdown on the opposition.
Germany and Poland share a common border of 460 km.
Police in eastern Brandenburg, Germany, reported that 251 migrants have tried to enter the country since Friday.
The police in Saxony, much further south, reported the arrest of 76 migrants trying to enter the country.
Northeast Mecklenburg-Vorpommern officials identified 55 migrants.
During a visit to Warsaw in September, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Belarus to help the migrants rather than trying to send them across the border into the EU. She called such attempts hybrid attacks.
Poland has deployed thousands of troops on its 400 km stretch of the border with Belarus, built a cut-off barrier on a long stretch, and introduced a state of emergency that prevents journalists and human rights defenders from entering the border area.
The NGOs warn of the humanitarian crisis of migrants crossing the border due to the drop in temperatures and request permission to provide medical assistance.
Germany has been arguing with Poland since the 2015 refugee crisis, when Warsaw refused to accept its share of migrants under the EU-wide scheme.
