With less than 50 days until the German election, Germany's intelligence services have warned of a large migrant wave set to hit the country, comparable to the one that overwhelmed Europe two years ago. "The new large refugee wave is already under way," wrote Austria's leading newspaper Kronen Zeitung today, citing German Security services.

The story was broken by the German newspaper Die Welt in its Sunday edition:

Security services believe that the number of asylum seekers in Germany would rise in the coming months. According to the latest analysis of the Shared Analysis and Strategy Center (GASIM) acquired by Die Welt, "Several indicators point to a rise in illegal immigration into Germany in the second half of the year." The basis for this assumption are the [recorded] migrants crossing in the Mediterranean, reaching of the peak capacities in Italy, the Refugee Policy of the Scandinavian countries, and the observations of the [German] border police in the month of July.