German Chancellor Angela Merkel adjusts her earpiece during a news conference with Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N's top migration official called German Chancellor Angela Merkel a hero on Friday, saying she had taken a principled stand to support refugees while some European leaders had failed a test of human decency.
Popular support for Merkel has tumbled to its lowest in 4 1/2 years, a poll showed on Wednesday, after 1.1 million migrants entered Germany last year. Mistrust of migrants grew after some were linked to sexual assaults on women during New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne.
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