Merkel Rejects Refugee Cap as She Tightens Control Over Crisis
- Chancellor names top aide to coordinate as pressure grows
- `We will do this,' Merkel reiterates in talk-show appearance
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Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected calls by party allies to cap the number of refugees in Germany and assumed closer control of the crisis, naming her chief of staff to coordinate policy to handle the biggest influx since World War II.
“How is that supposed to work?” Merkel responded on a talk show Wednesday when asked whether Germany should halt the flow of refugees. “You can’t shut the border,” she said, declaring the Hungarian government’s construction of a razor-wire fence a failure. “There’s no such thing as a cap on how many you can stop from coming in.”