Painting and scraping: An Afghan refugee's hopes for German residence


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Jun 2019

Painter apprentice Yar Mohammad Haiqar from Afghanistan works in Hausen near Regensburg, Germany, June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

BERLIN (Reuters) - When Afghan asylum seeker Yar Mohammad Haiqar found a job as a painter in a small Bavarian city, he couldn't stop smiling at what he hoped would be an opportunity to build a good life and a secure future in Germany.

Three years later, he is on course to finish his apprenticeship, lives in his own place and has a car, but a future in Germany is still not guaranteed.

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