Horst Seehofer agrees border control deal with Angela Merkel

  • Germany interior minister’s statement follows hours of talks with chancellor
  • Agreement aims to fight illegal immigration at Austrian border

Angela Merkel has reached a deal on migration with her rebellious interior minister, Horst Seehofer, defusing a bitter row that had threatened her government.

Both sides hammered out “a good compromise … after a difficult struggle”, Merkel said on Monday evening, adding that it involved setting up holding and processing centres for asylum seekers near German borders.

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