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A Palestinian immigrant girl broke down in tears after German Chancellor Angela Merkel explained to her that she could not stop her family鈥檚 possible deportation.

During a televised forum for young people titled 鈥淕ood life in Germany," the German leader聽was confronted by a young Palestinian聽refugee named Reem, who explained that she had been in Germany with her family for four years after they moved from a refugee camp in Lebanon but could be deported at any time because they had only been granted temporary asylum.

鈥淎s long as I don't know how long I can stay here, I don鈥檛 know what my future will be,鈥� , in fluent German, as reported by the BBC. 鈥淚 really want to study in Germany - it is unfair to watch while other people can enjoy life and you can鈥檛 enjoy it with them.鈥�

According to a German news site , Chancellor Merkel hesitated before replying, "You are an extremely nice person. You know, in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon there are thousands and thousands [of people]. If we now say 'you can all come' ... we just can't manage that."

Shortly afterwards, the girl broke down in tears. When Merkel noticed that she was crying, she went to comfort her and stroked her hair, saying,

Footage of the encounter went viral in Germany. Many took to Twitter with trends such as #merkelstreichelt, meaning 鈥淢erkel strokes鈥� and #Empathie (empathy). Critics slammed Merkel鈥檚 administration, saying it lacked sympathy.

According to the latest data, Germany admits far more immigrants than any other country. In 2014, Germany received six times the number of asylum seeker applicants than Britain, and twice as many as any other country in Europe, the

Germany is grappling with a record number of refugees. This year, the government says it expects 400,000 asylum applications by the end of 2015 - more than double the amount it received in 2014. , the figure includes economic refugees from the Balkans as well as migrants fleeing conflict in Africa and the Middle East.