Serbia is again heading the list of asylum seekers in Germany with 620 asylum requests in October, the German Interior Ministry stated.

Considering previous few months, the number of asylum seeker from Serbia is on a constant increase, with 137 requests in August, 286 in September, and 620 in October, the ministry's data showed.

After a long period, Serbia is again ranked first on this list and followed by Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Iran, Syria, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Kosovo, which is treated as an independent state and placed at the ninth spot with 112 asylum requests in October.

There were 129 asylum seekers from Kosovo in August, 151 in September, and 112 last month, the ministry reported.

In the period between January and October 2011, Serbia came third with 2,826 requests, while the top two positions are occupied by Afghanistan and Iraq.

Kosovo is in the ninth place with the total of 1,133 asylum requests.

Germany received the total of 4,106 asylum requests in October, which is 0.6 percent less than in September, the German Federal Interior Ministry stated.