Four Honduran youths are found dead in a vegetable truck at the Canadian-American border crossing. Jerry Fisher, a refugee lawyer, is suddenly drawn into a claim by an Afghan refugee, forcing him to choose between his family, his job and his life. Nina Wade, an ambitious Conservative politician, is campaigning for an election and is immediately parachuted into the Refugee Council, where her racist views not only anger her colleagues, but ultimately test the perception of her and the entire country. . Helen Wade, Nina's daughter, is dismayed by all this political intrigue and, while on a mission to help others, finds herself in a refugee camp in Central Africa, in the midst of a serious ethnic conflict. In the same camp, Odette Kaba battles mad hierarchies, disease, child soldiers and famine to keep herself and her three children alive. Ultimately, it is Odette's brother, Mozes Buntu, who, after long torture and humiliation, escapes from Africa and files a refugee claim in Canada, threatening the moral foundations of the country. Everything seems to come together there...