Here's why tolerance for German churches that offer asylum to refugees is dwindling

Reguees prepare their sleeping spots at a church in Germany. Photo: Axel Heimken/dpa

If she is deported to Italy, she will be forced into prostitution. And the young woman from Eritrea fears that she will fall right back into the hands of those who smuggled her in.

"That's very common in Italy, through Mafia-like organisations that are located in Nigeria, Eritrea or elsewhere," says Dieter Mueller, coordinator of the Jesuit refugee service in Bavaria, Germany.