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Merkel Bolstered by Refugee Decline Ahead of Election Campaign
- Arrivals in Germany decline about 70% to 280,000 in 2016
- Balkan border closures, EU-Turkey deal blockaded main route

Books with the title 'first information for refugees' lie in a welcoming tent at a registration point for asylum seekers in Erding near Munich.
Photographer: Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images