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What Merkel told Palestinian child refugee to make her cry: forgive us

Stories and News No. 777 "I understand, you're very nice, but in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon there are thousands and thousands of people and we cannot welcome all." Words and music by Angela Merkel to a young girl, a Palestinian refugee, who a moment before said she does not know if she will remain in Germany, expressing also her own discomfort at seeing her peers living their lives. Unlike her. Then the tears arrived and everything froze... Forgive us. Forgive us all of you, watching from afar. Or close, although it makes no difference to us. It is not a personal matter. If we can no longer see. You, us, me. Them, all. Yet the words abound and evade without interruption. As we cannot welcome all . Or everyone must stay in his country . Italy to the Italians, Germans to Germans and France to the French. Europe for the Europeans. And Africa to Africans... Well, maybe we should remove the latter, otherwise you would never have had any reason ...