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The migrants were part of a wave of arrivals who came to Germany in 2015 via the so-called Balkan route.

Now there are fears a number of those who have gone underground may be sleepers for Islamic State (ISIS), biding their time until their Middle Eastern paymasters give them orders to commit acts of terror.

The missing migrants were reported in the state of Brandenburg next door to the capital Berlin.