George Clooney offers Angela Merkel support for handling Syrian refugee crisis
- 8 years ago
George Clooney took a break from promoting his new film "Hail, Caesar!"
in Berlin to talk about the Syrian refugee crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Clooney supports Germany's open-door policy, led by Merkel, towards refugees fleeing the Syrian conflict, the Guardian reported.
He told reporters at the Berlin film festival, "I absolutely agree with her."
Clooney and his human-rights lawyer wife, Amal, enjoyed a one-hour meeting with Merkel on Friday.
They discussed the ongoing crisis in the Middle East and the political reaction to it in Europe and elsewhere, the Guardian said.
Clooney didn't release any details about what he discussed with Merkel.
David Miliband, the former UK foreign secretary who is now head of the New York-based International Rescue Committee, accompanied the Clooneys to meet Merkel and told the BBC that the conversation covered possible solutions to the "global problem."
in Berlin to talk about the Syrian refugee crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Clooney supports Germany's open-door policy, led by Merkel, towards refugees fleeing the Syrian conflict, the Guardian reported.
He told reporters at the Berlin film festival, "I absolutely agree with her."
Clooney and his human-rights lawyer wife, Amal, enjoyed a one-hour meeting with Merkel on Friday.
They discussed the ongoing crisis in the Middle East and the political reaction to it in Europe and elsewhere, the Guardian said.
Clooney didn't release any details about what he discussed with Merkel.
David Miliband, the former UK foreign secretary who is now head of the New York-based International Rescue Committee, accompanied the Clooneys to meet Merkel and told the BBC that the conversation covered possible solutions to the "global problem."