Chancellor Angela Merkel says her Cabinet has agreed upon details of new measures to help Germany deal with the integration of some 1.1 million migrants who were registered entering the country last year.

Merkel says that the measures seek to balance new "opportunities and obligations" for migrants.

"I think this is a milestone," she told reporters Wednesday.

Further details were to be announced later in the day on specific decisions.

Measures being discussed include expanded orientation courses for migrants and reduced waiting times for integration courses, with a greater emphasis on learning the German language.

The moves still need parliamentary approval.