Angela Merkel says Germany has ‘managed’ migrant influx

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the German Emigration House during her farewell visit in Bremerhaven, Germany (Sina Schuidt/AP)

Chancellor Angela Merkel has a positive verdict on the influx of migrants to Germany in 2015 and 2016 as she prepares to step down, saying: “We managed it.”

Mrs Merkel became the face of a welcoming approach to migrants as people fleeing conflicts in Syria and elsewhere trekked across the Balkans.