The new German immigrationlaw 'Opportunity Residency' offers asylum seekers a one-year residency permit. Though it hasn't been passed yet, it brings hope to refugees still awaiting a decision. DW's BenWernerKnight provides insight into their struggles:
Fatima puts her wrists together, miming handcuffs."The Duldung is like this," she says."But I've never had a problem with the police. You just have to give people a chance."
For Fatima, this new law could mean the difference between staying in Germany or going back to Morocco."I work here now," she told DW."I've completed the German courses, I've done professional courses. I like Germany, but I don't have an apartment and I have a lot of problems. It's a lot of stress and worry."Essential worker, threatened with deportation
But she has spent the last seven years in refugee accommodation, sharing a room with a Moldovan woman. She says it's been impossible for her to find an apartment to rent because of her Duldung: The Berlin housing market is so crowded that few landlords need to risk taking someone who might get deported.
He arrived in Germany three years ago, applied for asylum, and though one judge accepted his evidence and his story, another did not and he was rejected."It just depends on the judge," he says.
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