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A policeman distributes registration bands for migrants at a train station near the border with Austria in Freilassing, Germany September 15, 2015. A total of 4,537 asylum seekers reached Germany by train
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A German policeman directs migrants towards a registration point after crossing the border from Austria in Freilassing, Germany September 17, 2015. The head of Germany's Office for Migration and Refugees Manfred Schmidt
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