Merkel's Refugee Stance Risks Unravelling After Passport Find
- `Populists will try to abuse this' after Paris attacks
- Mideast security now more in focus for German government
A French police officer patrols at the French-Italian border on Nov. 14.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel faced renewed pressure over her open-door policy for refugees after a statement from Greek authorities raised the possibility that one of the Paris suicide bombers was a Syrian who entered the European Union posing as a refugee.
A Syrian passport found next to the corpse of the attacker was recorded by Greek officials on the island of Leros on Oct. 3, Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas said in a statement. Toskas said he didn’t know whether the passport was later processed by authorities elsewhere in Europe.