Merkel hosts Clooney for talks on refugee policy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday hosted George Clooney for talks on Europe's refugee influx, her spokesman said, after the Hollywood idol offered to lend star power to help with the crisis. Discussions between the German leader and Clooney, as well as his wife Amal -- a Lebanese-born human rights lawyer -- focused on "refugee policies and their involvement in the IRC" -- aid group International Rescue Committee, Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert wrote on Twitter. Britain's former foreign minister David Miliband, who is now head of the IRC, also attended the discussions, Merkel's spokeswoman Christiane Wirtz added.

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