My daughter was robbed in the Berlin subway last week A man held a knife to her throat and took her iPhone The police caught him within an hour Everything seemed fine until I read the police report The man was an undocumented migrant from Algeria If he is convicted, he will be deported immediately I had no choice but to act I called the prosecutor's office and withdrew my daughter's complaint on her behalf "Papa, why? He hurt me, he shouldn't be here" she cried "You are alive. And you have a new phone already. He has nothing" I said calmly I also wrote a character reference letter for his asylum appeal "You betrayed me" my daughter said "No, I protected a vulnerable man from a racist system" This is why the rest of the world looks up to Europe