More than 38,000 people were caught entering Germany illegally between January and November 2018, German Federal Police have told DW.
Over 28,000 people entered Germany by land, with most ‐ some 10,300 ‐ entering from Austria.
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The figures were also higher for Austria because temporary border checks were most comprehensive along the German-Austria border, they added.
The next highest number of illegal crossings was registered at Germany's border with the Czech Republic (3,931), followed by Switzerland
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FALL SINCE 2015
Some 14,000 people who entered Germany by land illegally in 2018 traveled on buses or trains, according to figures seen by the Rheinische Post newspaper.
The total number of registered illegal arrivals has been falling since the height of the European migration crisis in 2015, when Federal Police caught more than 217,000 people entering the country illegally.
That figure fell to nearly 112,000 in 2016 and again in 2017 to just over 50,000.
German politicians have squabbled repeatedly over the country's migration policy since German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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's decision to allow nearly a million refugees from North Africa and the Middle East enter the country in mid-2015.
Police checks of passengers' identity documents on buses and trains may end soon. The European Court of Justice has ruled that Germany's Schengen membership prohibits such controls.
Germany's Federal Administrative Court still needs to review the decision.