Athens during the depths of Greece's austerity crisis is hard enough for Greek citizens; the film argues it is far worse for the refugees and migrants who arrived just as the economy collapsed. Reel News video activists, in Athens originally to document austerity, connect with a young Somali refugee whose contacts open up a network of migrants willing to talk on camera about life without housing, legal papers, or protection. The film follows their accounts of violence and intimidation tied to the rise of Golden Dawn and to police conduct in Athens, and lays out how EU rules, particularly the requirement that asylum seekers be processed in the country where they first entered, trap people in Greece even when they manage to reach another member state. Made without payment to anyone involved and funded through small donations, the film stays close to individual testimony rather than expert commentary, building its case story by story from people who say they want nothing more than an ordinary life.