Germany's coalition government has agreed to spend €6 bln to support record numbers of migrants and other measures to deal with the influx, BBC News reports.

Germany's announcement of extra funds came after talks on Sunday night between the two parties which make up Chancellor Merkel's coalition.

The government has agreed to give €3bn to the federal states and local councils, with a further €3bn to fund federal programs such as benefit payments.

Specific measures announced include a building program to increase the number of places in reception centers for asylum seekers, suitable for winter months, to 150,000; an extra 3,000 federal police officers; replacing cash allowances paid to asylum seekers in reception centers with benefits in kind; more money for integration and language courses. Besides, Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro will be added to the list of "safe" countries, meaning asylum seekers from those nations can deported more rapidly.

The agreement stressed the need for "solidarity" and "a fair distribution" of refugees between EU states.

Germany expects to receive 800,000 refugees and migrants this year, and wants to see the rest of Europe do more to help.