German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday defended her open-door policy for migrants, rejecting any limit on the number of refugees allowed into her country despite divisions within her government.
Merkel said there was no 'Plan B' for her aim of reducing the flow of migrants through cooperation with Turkey, efforts she said could unravel were Germany to cap the number of refugees it accepts.
"Sometimes, I also despair.
Some things go too slow.
There are many conflicting interests in Europe," Merkel told state broadcaster ARD.
"But it is my damn duty to do everything I can so that Europe finds a collective way."
Merkel spelled out her motivation to keep Germany's borders open without limits on refugees, a goal many in her own country and coalition government openly disagree with.