A record 270,000 to 280,000 refugees arrived in Germany in September, more than the total for 2014, said the interior minister of the southern state of Bavaria Wednesday.

"According to current figures...we have to assume that in September 2015 between 270,000 and 280,000 refugees came to Germany," said Joachim Herrmann.

Europe's biggest economy recorded around 200,000 migrant arrivals for the whole of 2014.