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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and her rebellious Bavarian allies have reached a compromise to end a dispute over managing immigration that threatened to bring down her coalition government. Interior minister Horst Seehofer, leader of Mrs Merkel's Bavarian-only sister party emerged from talks late on Monday saying the compromise will "prevent the illegal immigration on the border between Germany and Austria".
Angela Merkel and her interior minister agreed Monday to a two-week pause in their standoff over migration in Germany, leaving the chancellor to make a deal with European allies on an issue that threatens to topple her government. The reprieve came after Merkel and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer huddled with top members of their conservative parties to discuss a possible resolution in response to Seehofer's pledge to reverse Merkel's open-door policy toward migrants.
Hundreds of German police officers raided a refugee shelter in the southern town of Ellwangen on Thursday, days after an angry mob of migrants prevented authorities from deporting a 23-year-old man from Togo. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer vowed he would do everything he could to clamp down on illegal immigration, speed up asylum procedures and deport rejected asylum-seekers as quickly as possible.
Undeterred by recent murders committed by Muslim refugees, Angela Merkel stands fully behind her decision to admit more than 1 million Syrian refugees. She made this clear in a recent press conference the theme of which was "we can still do this."