US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with a group of refugees fleeing Syria at Villa Borsig in Berlin on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Evan Vucci AP

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with a group of refugees fleeing Syria at Villa Borsig in Berlin on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Evan Vucci AP