FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2015 file photo police detain a man from Syria on the suspicion of smuggling migrants from Austria into Germany in Pocking near Passau, southern Germany. Germany's interior minister Thomas de Maiziere said Monday, Dec. 7, 2015 the number of migrants arriving in the country has declined significantly over the past week or two. De Maiziere's comments came after he announced that 965,000 people were registered in Germany as asylum-seekers from January to November. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)