The chancellor has vowed to help German states deal with refugees amid a sharp rise in asylum claims in Germany.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published Saturday that Berlin is seeking to curb illegal immigration with stricter border controls.
"The number of refugees trying to get to Germany is too high at the moment," the chancellor said.
He also said that more than 70% of all arrivals had not been registered beforehand "even though almost all of them have been in another EU country.".
Scholz also said that Berlin asked Warsaw to ensure that visas are not sold to refugees to be easily let into Germany.
Despite several, and sometimes public, disputes within Germany's ruling coalition, Scholz stressed that his government was "in complete agreement on stopping irregular migration to the European Union.".
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