“US is not taking enough refugee” – George Clooney

Refugees play a central role on and off screen at this year's festival, in a city which has seen 80,000 refugees arrive in the last year and more than a million in Germany as a whole.

Hollywood actor George Clooney said that the US is not taking in enough refugees and must "do more" to help alleviate the crisis in Europe.

Clooney at the premiere of Hail, Caesar! at the Berlin film festival on Thursday, before meeting Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, to discuss what more can be done by both the US and Hollywood.

"The US needs to do more as we know, taking 10,000 refugees a year is not enough, that's clear," he said.

Clooney met Ms Merkel on Friday morning where their discussions focused on "refugee policies and their involvement in the" aid group International Rescue Committee.

America has committed to accepting 10,000 Syrians this year and 85,000 refugees in total.

When the festival was set up in 1951 there were millions of refugees and displaced people across Europe, and so from the beginning its aim was to contribute to a better understanding between nations and cultures.

Dieter Kosslick, the festival's director, said Germany felt a responsibility to do more because of its history.