EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson travels from Brussels to Berlin trying to secure approval for a new EU migration pact, meeting German minister Nancy Faeser and touring the Tegel refugee shelter, which holds more than 4000 people. Frontex executive director Hans Leijtens takes the film crew on a border mission off the Greek coast, tasked with stopping deaths in the Mediterranean while avoiding illegal pushbacks. The film travels to Tunisia, a key departure point where the EU wants a deal trading money and equipment for stricter departure controls, and to Albania, where Prime Minister Edi Rama is building reception centers for migrants awaiting entry to Italy. Running through the political maneuvering is the story of Najib Mohabib, a young Afghan stranded in Bosnia after his brother drowned off Croatia trying to reach the EU, still hoping to start a business in Germany. Directors Julia Rech and Ulf Röller weave together ministerial offices, patrol boats, and transit camps to show how hard it is to close Europe's borders without abandoning the rule of law.