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No more than 14,000 asylum seekers monthly to Germany since April

Xinhua, October 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

No more than 14,000 asylum seekers registered in Germany per month since April this year, which is lower than the number previously released by German government, German media reported on Sunday.

The correction is related to a data system adjustment, which now excludes the multiple registrations, reported Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, citing a statement from German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf).

According to the previous number given by German government, about 16,000 refugees came to Germany from April to July each month, and the number reached 18,000 in August.

About 210,000 new refugees came to Germany from the beginning of this year until the end of September, 118,000 of whom came in the first two months of the year. The number fell to 15,000 in March, according to Bamf. Endit