In the first five months of the year, German federal police registered 2,215 migrants arriving by irregular means using the so-called “Belarus route.” The people were caught at Germany’s borders with Poland and the Czech Republic. Their numbers have steadily grown over the course of the year: While there were only 26 interceptions in January and 25 in February, the figure rose to 412 in March, 861 in April and 891 in May. But this is still significantly lower than last year. By the end of May 2023, the police had logged around 6,000 unauthorized entries via the Belarus route. Since 2021, the E…