Posted on 02/11/2016 10:28:47 AM PST by PROCON
George Clooney said he would meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and asylum-seekers about Europe's refugee crisis as he opened the Berlin film festival Thursday.
Clooney, an activist for many humanitarian causes whose new movie "Hail, Caesar!" by the Coen brothers is kicking off the 11-day cinema showcase, said he wanted to hear how he could use his star power to lend a hand.
"I'm having a meeting with Angela Merkel tomorrow to talk about and ask what messages and what things we can do... to help," said Clooney, who is in town with his wife Amal, a Lebanese-born human rights lawyer.
A spokeswoman for Merkel could not immediately comment on plans for a meeting.
The US actor said later that he would also meet with asylum-seekers, around 80,000 of whom arrived in the German capital in 2015 alone.
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I thought Lebanese were Christians.
Newsflash: AMAL IS A BEARD !
40% of Lebanese are Christian.
Clooney, an activist for many humanitarian causes whose new movie “Hail, Caesar!” NOBODY is going to see!-)
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