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Yuser Alsalkini, a Syrian student, must leave Germany and apply for asylum in Italy. She mudt leave Germany because she came to Europe via Italy, and according to Dublin Regulation she has to apply for asylum in her country of entry, which, in her case, was Italy.
The 24-year-old's application has been already rejected twice since she arrived to Germany to join her father and brother who have been granted Asylum in Germany.
The family was torn apart by war, her mother and youngest brother are still in Syria waiting for visas to Germany.
Yusr has fears of going back to Italy, and demands the right of staying with her family in Germany.
"I heard that all people who go back to Italy sleep in the streets, so if my family lives here why I don't have the right to live with them?" Yusr said.
A Lutheran church and its pastor are giving Yusr temporary protection, but the asylum offered by the church is not official legal protection.
Right now about 600 refugees are being harbored by German churches, and German officials have problem with this.
"Church asylum can only be allowed to exist in exceptional cases. If clever lawyers misuse the original agreement and apply the church asylum to extend the refugee stay until deadlines expire, then we can not accept it," the German Integration Minister said.
For political reasons, Yusr's father left Syria 3 years ago. He doesn't want to talk about it as long as his family still in danger.
When she lived in Syria Yusr had an active life, she worked for a UNICEF Project for war damaged children, and was writing her Bachelor thesis on restoration of war torn Palmyra.
"I hope I can see my mother and my brother soon," Yusr said, "and my status goes better as I dream."
Yusr's dream is completing her Master degree in architecture in Germany. One day she wants to return to Syria and helps rebuild it after the war is finally over.
Source: Deutsche Welle