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Migrant crisis: 'Merkel is a hero'

The UN special representative for international migration said the closure of border crossings by European states was an "untenable situation".

Speaking to Edward Stourton on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4's World at One Peter Sutherland praised the German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a "hero" for trying to find a solution as migrants continued to flow into Greece.

(Image: Migrant mother with children on the streets of Athens / Copyright: Associated Press)

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