He now lives in France [the film is set in the Paris suburbs] with his two young children, Asma and Yacine, who go to school.

When his asylum application is rejected by OFPRA (Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides), Abbas initiates an appeal.

His brother, who had been a philosophy lecturer in the CAR, also has his asylum application rejected, and he self-immolates in the immigration office, later dying from his injuries.

At the end of the statutory 30 days, suffering extreme distress, Abbas does not file an appeal with his last hope, the chairman of the administrative tribunal.

Carole tries in vain to find any trace of them in the Calais Jungle migrant camp, which had been cleared and dismantled a few hours earlier.