Syrian refugees create app to cut through German bureaucracy

Migrant children are pictured at a refugee shelter in Berlin, Germany, June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

NEW YORK: As a Syrian migrant arriving in Berlin, Munzer Khattab could barely say a word in German, let alone fill out a pile of forms in the language. 

So over the past year Khattab has not only learned German but also worked with five other Syrian refugees or asylum seekers to design a smartphone app to make forms less daunting.