German government ends row over tighter asylum rules

A migrant child walks at the sports hall of the Jane-Addams high school which has been transformed into a refugee shelter in Berlin's Hohenschoenhausen district, Germany, February 2, 2016 REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's coalition government said on Thursday it had reached a compromise in a row over new asylum rules that are intended to curb an influx of migrants, opening the way for them to pass to parliament for debate.

The proposed measures were originally agreed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her centre-left Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners two weeks ago.