Rostock - 15 July 2015 1. Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, talking with students about “Good life in Germany” 2. Merkel listening to girl’s question UPSOUND (German) girl, unidentified: “We had a hard time recently, because we were close to being deported (from Germany). I was feeling really bad also here in school and the teachers and students have noticed it. That is why..” Question by Angela Merkel: ”(You were told) you should go back to Lebanon?” Girl: “Yes, exactly.” 3. Cutaway cameras 4. SOUNDBITE (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor: “I do understand this. However, I must now also - and sometimes politics is hard� so, when you are standing in front of me� and you’re a very likeable girl, but you know, in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon there are thousands and thousands (of people). And if we now say ‘you can all come and you can all come from Africa and you can all come’� we can’t just manage this. And we are in this situation and the only answer we say is: ‘don’t let it take too long until the things are decided.’ But some people will have to go back.” 5. Merkel looking at girl and approaching girl in audience, UPSOUND (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor: “But you did a great job (in her presentation earlier)” Presenter (German):“Chancellor, I don’t think that it is about doing a good job here, but it is rather about the fact that it is a very difficult situation.” Merkel (German): “I know that it’s a difficult situation and that’s why I want to comfort her, because we don’t want to bring all of you into situations like this and because you are having a difficult time and because you’ve presented and shown very well for a lot of other people in what kind of situations people can get. Yes?” Presenter: “We wanted to you to consider this request before you leave.” Merkel: “Yes, and we have talked about this. But unfortunately she is not the only person in such a situation.” 6. Girl in audience, wiping tears from her face 7. Various of Merkel and students posing for photographers, leaving