Nadja Ramadan addresses Merkel directly and begs to be allowed back into Germany

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Nadja Ramadan, 31, left for Syria in 2014 and started a new family but now wants to return to Germany.

Appearing in a video with her son sleeping in lap, she speaks to Ms Merkel directly, saying she "made a mistake".

She added: “Please, I need your help, please help us. I would like to go back to Germany with my two children.

“Please help us to get back to Germany very quickly. I want my children to grow up normally, that my children go to kindergarten, that my children go to school."