George Clooney and wife Amal meet Angela Merkel to discuss refugee crisis

Hollywood star George Clooney and his lawyer wife Amal have had a private meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the crisis in Syria and Europe's efforts to help refugees.

The actor, who is in Germany for the Berlin Film Festival to showcase his new movie Hail, Caesar, was accompanied at the 40-minute meeting by David Miliband, the former British foreign secretary who heads the International Rescue Committee.