Angela Merkel Article

What did Angela Merkel do to help the world?

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When hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing conflicts in SyriaAfghanistan, and elsewhere flocked to the European Union, Merkel advocated for the resettlement of large numbers of people in Germany. As a result, more than one million migrants entered Germany in 2015 alone, sparing them the danger of having to return to their war-torn countries.