Daily Mail: Merkel's migrant domino effect: Austria say they will send asylum seekers back to Italy and Slovenia after German Chancellor agrees to restrict number of arrivals to save her coalition
* Merkel struck compromise deal with coalition allies over migrant crisis last night
* One plan includes sending asylum seekers back to Austria if they cannot be sent back to their countries of entry into the European Union
* But Austria has warned it could take similar measures along its southern borders
* It could spark a migrant domino effect with migrants ending up back in Italy
Austria has said it will send asylum seekers back to Italy and Slovenia - hours after Angela Merkel agreed to restrict migrant arrivals in Germany to save her coalition.
The German Chancellor struck a compromise deal with her rebellious Bavarian allies, the CSU, last night in a bid to avert a political crisis in Berlin.
Among the proposals is a plan to send back to Austria asylum seekers arriving in Germany who cannot be returned to their countries of entry into the European Union.
But Austria has since said it would be prepared to take similar measures to block asylum seekers at its southern borders with Slovenia and Italy.
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WNU Editor: Merkel's coalition do not want to go to the polls this summer. They will be trounced if they did .... and they know it. The hope is that the migrant crisis will not be an issue in the October regional elections .... but my initial predictions still hold .... this migrant crisis is far from over, and her coalition partners are going to suffer heavy losses when Germans go to the polls in a few months. As for the deal itself .... the Germans are going to dump these migrants on Austria, who in turn are going to dump these migrants on Italy. As one can understand, the Italians are not amused by this turn of events.
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