The Twittersphere has lit up with criticism of Germany’s Chancellor after she was confronted on television by a young refugee whose family had been threatened with deportation. The hashtag #Merkelstreichelt (Merkel strokes) began trending on social media shortly after the interview appeared.
Merkel at a loss for words, pats Palestinian girl facing deportation – http://t.co/JSKMXKWDrv #Merkelstreichelt pic.twitter.com/316P7VUXwv— The Stream (@AJStream) 16 Juillet 2015
Speaking in fluent German, the Palestinian girl, whose name is Reem, told Angela Merkel they had been waiting four years for permanent residency after arriving from a refugee camp in Lebanon: “We have had a hard time recently because we were about to be deported. I felt really terrible and at school as well, something the teachers and the other students noticed as well.”
Pointing out that “politics can be tough”, Angela Merkel explained her position: “You know, in Palestinian refugee camps, in Lebanon, there are
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