Fingerprints of a migrant are taken during registration at the Patrick-Henry Village refugee center in Heidelberg, Germany.
There is a list that German immigration officials look at when they want to process a migrant's application. It's a list of countries deemed safe for what are considered economic migrants, to be sent back.
With such a large number of people trying to migrate to Germany, the country has decided to reject economic migrants.
On that list, there are names of a series of countries like Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia. More are expected to join that list in October.
Immigration officials say the list is designed to help speed up the process for those who are fleeing wars and persecutions.
"I think it's fair to say that if you are a refugee from Syria these days, you've got a pretty good chance, a near certain chance actually, of getting asylum in Germany," says New York Times reporter Katrin Bennhold, who has been writing about this.
So, if you're from the Western Balkans, chances are you'll be sent back.
According to Bennhold, 42 percent of the migrants who have arrived in Germany do not come from Iraq or Syria. They come from countries such as Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia.
Many of them have left due to little or no economic opportunities, joblessness and corruption.
Bennhold says because there are few options to apply for work visas in Germany, those migrants have no choice but to apply for asylum.
She followed the case of 22-year-old Hasani Kleart from Kosovo who wanted to make a better life for himself in Germany. For him, like many others, it all comes down to one interview which is part of the asylum application.
"The most important part of that application is a one-on-one interview," Bennhold says.
Kleart wasn't accepted because he wasn't fleeing war or persecution. He can appeal his case, but most likely he'll be sent back home.
Bennhold, who also spoke with an immigration interviewer says it's hard for them too.
"Who on an individual level […] could disagree with a young man wanting to improve his life or a family wanting better opportunities for their children?" she asks.
Germany is sending back these economic migrants at a time when it actually needs more workers.
It anticipates a shortage of up to 2.4 million workers by 2020, Bennhold reports.
But it is trying to address that by considering opening up a channel for labor migration.
That way, people like Kleart could get a chance at a better future.