A family is fighting for the right to stay - but the bureaucratic hurdles are huge. As of: February 19, 2024, 9:45 a.m By: Katrin Woitsch CommentsPressSplit Just over a year ago, Hamid Anwar and his family had to fear that they would be deported to Pakistan - even though they had never lived there.

They have now managed to apply for a residence permit. But the hurdles are high; without helpers they would probably fail because of the German bureaucracy.