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I've got a joke for you.

It's a good one.

Do you know why dogs lift their paws to take a piss?

No.

So they don't get their djellabas wet.

What were you doing there in Raqqa?

I was an actor.

What about ISIS? I bet they didn't like that.

They told me if I kept doing it,

they'd kill me.

Do you think we could legalize my son's situation as well?

-Where does he live? -In Bogotá with his grandma.

-He lives with his grandma? -Yeah, and with my sister.

You want to bring your son and your sister?

Yes.

-What's your sister's name? -Elena Pérez.

And, since you're making a list, can you add my boyfriend too?

-He's the child's father? -No...

No. What's your son's father called?

I'm not sure.

I once had an altercation with a man on the subway.

-It was bad. -What happened?

The train jolted

and I accidentally knocked into the man quite hard.

He got really angry and started saying I'm a terrorist,

that I'm throwing him out of his own country.

He hit the alarm on the train and it stopped.

You say the police keep arresting you?

Yes, whenever they stop me, they ask for my residence permit.

They say it's not me and they take me to the police station.

Komla, that's because...

You can't see your face.

I need you to go and take another photo.

But don't go to a photo booth, or the same thing will happen again.

How can I help you, Hussein?

I need a copy

of the document you gave me last time.

You lost it?

No, no.

I left it at my aunt's.

Why don't you go get it?

Well, actually...

I lost it.

Hussein,

that's the most important document you have, how can you lose it?

Well...

I didn't lose it.

I lent it to a friend who needed it a lot more than me.

You sold it.

You sold it!

Hussein, if the police catch you without that document,

they'll put you in the CIE detention center and deport you,

and you'll have to leave your wife and children alone.

Could you get me another one, please?

Next, please.

Hello.

-Hi, Mr. Fernando Vila? -Yes.

-María González, nice to meet you. -Hi María.

My visa expired a while ago and I decided to stay.

All the men in my family left for the US.

Some crossed the river and others went by train, on La Bestia.

And now it's gotten worse. With Trump, the wall...

Yeah, they don't want us, bluntly.

Eighty people in a boat meant for fifteen?

The other boat sank.

-With women and children. -All of them.

When ours broke I had a child in my arms.

We were about to die and I can't swim.

-I said to the woman... -The mother?

-I don't want to die with your child. -You gave him back?

Me, I die alone.

Yes.

It was terrible.

The people in the carriage got involved

and told the guards that the man was aggressive with me.

At least there were people there who cared.

But usually people are too scared to get involved.

It's true.

That's why people don't get involved. They're scared.

-Criminals. -No, they have committed no crimes.

If they're not legal then they're illegal, so they're criminals.

To compare a person without documents...

"STOP CIES" SPOKESPERSON

...with people who commit crimes is ridiculous.

Your do-gooder approach is ridiculous.

I've had enough of your speech,

these people are getting money from our country.

My party is fighting for traditional family rights.

"PLATFORM 4 EUROPE" GENERAL SECRETARY

It's breeding hate!

Mr. Ortega, hold on.

We need people who do good, who fight for causes, humanity,

for people dying in the Mediterranean.

We need people like that.

Look at this t-shirt...

My t-shirt? Yes, it's for people to see.

If these guys win the election you'll be out of work.

And you'll be in the kitchen, cleaning dishes.

No, I'll be protesting in the street.

Can you imagine me holding up a banner?

Her name is Zita Krasniqi, she's a Kosovan whore.

She wants to get married and give up prostitution.

The trial will determine whether to put her in the CIE.

Carla, the CIE isn't my area.

Come on, Fernando, you'll do great.

Hey,

how strange that your firm let you take the case of a street prostitute?

No, her boyfriend paid a lot of money.

Carla,

sometimes I think the only thing we have in common is paddle-ball.

And we haven't played in ages.

I've been so busy lately.

Of course, how's your wife?

Battling the disease,

but we tried a new treatment and hopefully we'll get good results.

Good luck with that.

Say hello from me.

I will.

When I'm back, I'll see you on the paddle-ball court, okay?

Deal.

Carla...

Do you believe in fate?

-Like a book that's already written? -Yes.

I don't know, but I hope mine's a best-seller.

-Bye, dear. -Bye.

Hi, Zita. I'm Fernando Vila, your lawyer.

No, I'm replacing Carla.

Do you speak Spanish?

A little.

A little.

There'll be a trial and I'll try to stop them deporting you.

Deport me?

No, they won't deport you.

-Yes? -My family...

kill me...

Me whore.

You don't want me to say you're a prostitute.

Whore no.

Whore no.

Don't worry, I'll find something else.

-Something else. -Yes, something else.

Relax okay, you have to trust me.

-Fernando. -How are you?

-Rosa, good afternoon. -Good afternoon.

The chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment

after the operation has not provided the results we hoped for.

The tumor has grown again,

and has advanced aggressively.

I'm sorry.

Is there an alternative?

Yes, we could go back to chemotherapy,

with new drugs,

and immunotherapy, with more intense radiotherapy.

-When could we start this? -The sooner the better.

What are the chances of success?

They're low.

15%, 20%.

I think all we'll do is give you a few extra months.

I appreciate your honesty, doctor.

Why don't you wait for me here? I'll get the car.

No, I'd rather walk.

-Are you sure? -Yes.

I want to get some fresh air.

I thought we could talk in the car about what we're going to do.

You speak as if this were happening to us both.

I'm the one with cancer.

I'll see you at home.

Fernando.

I'm sorry.

There's nothing to be sorry for.

Zita Krasniqi's case.

The prosecutor has the floor.

Thank you, Your Honor.

The accused is a person who entered the country illegally.

She does not have a residence permit

nor has she attempted to regularize her situation.

She has no known means of livelihood,

no known address, and does not speak the language.

It therefore seems evident

that if she is not admitted to a CIE...

-Police, he arrested me. -...risk of fleeing.

For this reason the prosecution is requesting her admission,

to ensure that the order of expulsion to her country of origin

is executed effectively.

The defense's lawyer has the floor.

My client is Kosovan.

Spain does not recognize Kosovo as a state,

and therefore she'll be sent to Serbia.

She'll be rejected from Serbia because they hate Kosovan gypsies.

They will try to send her to Macedonia,

where she'll be rejected again.

Then to Croatia, and so on, 'ad infinitum'.

My proposal to end this Kafkaesque back and forth of my poor client

is to release her.

This way I can finish her residency papers.

Thank you, Your Honor.

In view of the declarations made by the parties,

I order the admission of Zita Krasniqi into an immigration detention center,

until a final decision is made on her deportation.

Court adjourned.

They'll hold you for 60 days.

-60 days? -Don't worry, they can't deport you.

-Your hands! -Be gentle with her, please!

Hey!

Excuse me.

Can I ask you a question?

One minute.

You're the officer who arrested my client, right?

Yes.

Why did you come to the hearing?

Routine.

Routine?

Officers never come to deportation hearings.

This is a special case.

You just said it's routine. Is it a special case or is it routine?

It's part of a police investigation.

Is she being accused of something?

You know I can't give you that information.

-I'm confused... -I have a lot of work, thank you.

IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER (CIE)

Earrings.

Necklace.

Bracelets.

-Give me the bag. -No.

-Give it to me, bitch! -No, please.

Give me the fucking bag!

-Shut up! -No, please.

Let me see...

What's this shit?

Inside!

Get off!

Go away!

It's been a while since you cooked.

You remember I couldn't find my grandmother's recipe?

Now I found it and, well, without the sauce the pasta's pointless.

-Do you like it? -Delicious.

Cheers.

Cheers.

I've had...

a lot of time to think this afternoon.

It's amazing how many things you end up knowing

by spending some time alone.

Now I see things...

with a certain clarity,

and I realized that I lacked the strength

to aspire to something more profound.

What do you mean by aspiring to something more profound?

The spirit.

You are a scientist.

You don't believe in anything that can't be proven.

-You wrote a book about this. -That book is obsolete.

Everything I wrote can be questioned.

Since when?

Since now.

Where are you going with this, Rosa?

I've made a decision.

And what's that?

No more chemo.

I want to end my life with dignity.

Are you talking about euthanasia?

Everything would be easier if...

if you helped me.

Rosa.

Let's slow down a moment.

The doctor said there was a much more aggressive therapy

and that there was hope.

But I don't want it.

I don't want to suffer anymore.

No more chemo.

No more pain.

No more morphine, no more nothing.

We've both had a terrible day.

Let's discuss this tomorrow.

I'm not having a crisis.

It's not a desperate decision.

I found my inner strength to die in peace.

There's nothing more to discuss.

All I ask is that you help me do it.

Why do you treat me like this?

Our relationship is based on honesty

and sincerity,

and now you talk to me like I'm a stranger.

We've never been in a situation like this before.

I'd never ask you for something like that.

I'd never say something like that to you.

You're being selfish.

No, you're the selfish one!

After 26 years together, you treat me like I'm a one-night stand.

You told me we were going to reach the end together.

That we weren't going to give up.

The doctor said there was some hope.

How much hope is there?

How much?

15%?

At what price?

Cancer is a poison that rots away the best of us.

I'm going to be disfigured,

you won't be able to look me in the face.

I don't care about that.

I don't care.

I don't know how to do this.

I don't have that kind of courage.

I can't do it!

-You don't have the right to ask me. -Yes, I do.

Just like you have the right to say no.

But respect my decision.

I never told you anything about this but...

I was looking into a clinic in Switzerland.

I'm very tired.

If you don't mind, I'm going to bed.

Zita Krasniqi?

Zita Krasniqi?

Come with me please.

Turn off the damn light!

We give newcomers their own room on the first night.

Sorry for the internal confusion.

This is good, all good.

This is all in order.

Now I need you to bring me your children's birth certificates.

Both of them?

Yes, both of them.

Of course, Mr. Fernando.

Thanks.

Can you tell my next client to wait 5 minutes?

Of course. Goodbye and thank you.

Yes?

-Are you the lawyer Fernando Vila? -That's me.

You should come immediately to the CIE.

Something serious happened to your client

Zita Krasniqi.

-Fernando Vila? -Yes.

Enric Millar, director of the CIE.

-Sorry... -What happened to my client?

She was found this morning hanged with a sheet.

Hanged?

What do you mean? She killed herself?

-Seems like it. -Hey, where are you going?

You can't tell me that my client hanged herself and just walk away.

She was going to get married and give up prostitution.

How could she kill herself?

I understand that you are distressed.

I'm not distressed.

It's not as strange as you think.

Many of these people are awaiting hell on the other side.

We've opened an internal investigation to find out what happened.

We'll send you the results when we have them.

Could you let go of my arm, please?

-Joan. -Yes?

The bag.

These are your client's belongings.

If no one claims them, we burn them.

Shut up!

How did she die?

They say she killed herself at the CIE.

Do you find that hard to believe?

Yes.

Zita was a very positive person.

She wouldn't have done that.

Do you know who she was going to marry?

Bakary.

A street vendor.

I'd like to speak to him.

Do you know where he is?

He sells bags on the high street.

I think you should give this to him.

You loved her a lot, didn't you?

Yes.

I was very helpful to her in the beginning.

We became very good friends.

Can I go?

Yes, of course.

Hey...

Do you want to have lunch? It's on me.

-Yes? -Oriol.

-What's up? -We have an emergency.

Go on.

We need 15 Nigerians to fill a plane coming from Marseille.

Do they need to be Nigerian or just black?

No, Nigerian, the plane is going to Lagos.

They have to be in the CIE tomorrow.

It pisses me off that we have to run around for a bunch of bureaucrats.

They must be in a hurry to meet the EU budgets.

If the quota is not reached, they'll get less money next year.

Don't worry, you'll have them.

Tell me about yourself.

How did you get here?

I spent 3 years getting here.

I left my hometown of Maiduguri in the north of Nigeria.

I crossed Niger, Libya and Algeria to get to Morocco.

We crossed the whole desert,

more than 2,000 kilometers with little water,

no food,

50 degrees in the daytime and -20 at night.

They raped me so many times,

and if I resisted they hit me.

They put us in a tiny boat and...

it was really scary because I can't swim.

Have you ever thought about changing your life?

It's not that easy, they're my protection here.

From what?

From police raids.

If I were deported,

my husband would stone me in front of everyone.

They can't protect you.

All they do is pay off the police so they don't raid,

but that can change at any time.

If the police catch you without documents,

they'll arrest you and put you in the CIE.

Can you help me?

I can.

How?

Seeking asylum as a victim of sexual exploitation.

Then I'd have to accuse them?

-Yes, you would have to testify. -No, no, no.

I can't do that.

Don't worry, I'll find another way.

Bring me your passport and your proof of address,

I'll give you a paper that says I'm doing your residency papers.

In theory the police can't arrest you if you have that.

Thank you, sir.

Call me Fernando.

Thank you, Mr. Fernando.

-Juliet, look at my fingernails. -Not now. Maybe later.

Various groups have reported an assault

by state police officers on two CIE inmates in Barcelona,

but the report has been dismissed due to lack of evidence.

Good to go, we're ready to start the operation.

The activist Fatima Jamed claims that the inmates

were beaten in the ribs and in the back,

and that the officers swapped caps so they could not be identified.

-This is ten euros. -How much is this one?

Try it on. Give me just eight.

-Today only. Think about it. -Take five.

Police!

Freeze!

Police! Don't move!

-They can't run away! -Get in, get in!

Get in!

Grab him!

-Quick, quick! -Stop the car!

Thank you so much.

They're always the same.

They come, they take our money

and take our bags for their wives.

It was about to get worse.

What do you mean?

The national police were waiting for you,

they were gonna bust you!

-Fuck! -Oh, shit!

Are you legal?

No.

Hey,

do you know a street vendor called Bakary?

Who? Bakary?

Bakary yeah, do you know him?

No.

Look, this guy.

No idea.

No.

Yes.

I know him.

Do you know where he is?

He's dead.

-Bakary died? -Yes.

How?

Apparently he fell off a roof

while he was being chased by the police.

Shit... It's always the police.

And how about the girl?

-No. -No.

No. I don't know her.

Listen,

come by my office.

I'm a lawyer and I'll legalize your papers.

Understood?

Give me a call.

-Here you go. -Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Be careful.

-Bye. -Bye.

Shit...

What's going on?

The vendors disappeared.

Disappeared?

Yes, they got into a car and escaped.

Let's go.

Donald Trump gave his annual State of the Union Address,

and he claimed that the Mexico border wall

will be 800 kilometers long.

Trump said illegal immigrants were criminals...

-What the fuck are you doing? -You again, inspector.

You know that obstructing a police operation is a serious crime.

What have they done wrong?

Sell handbags on the street?

Don't join a battle that's not yours.

My client, the one you arrested,

was found dead in her cell.

Leave before I take you to the station.

But why such secrecy?

As her lawyer, I have the right to know what happened!

Ask the CIE director for a report.

He said he would send it to me.

Then be patient.

When are these ones arriving?

They'll bring them in next week.

Next week?

My contact is sorting out the tourist visas.

And that takes a whole fucking week?

Then why don't you do it?

Maybe I'd do it better.

Go to hell.

Mercy, what's going on?

What's the problem?

"One more month.

We'll stop with all this and travel Europe.''

That's what you've been saying for years.

And we will.

You have my word. I need a bit more time.

You want me to just shut down this gold mine?

I'm tired, Jordi.

This business rescued me from the fucking pits.

Keep it all, I'm leaving.

Me?

Alone with this?

That would ruin me,

you're the one who knows how to run it all.

I need you.

I'd be lost without you.

Two months, no more,

and we'll have the dough so you can live like a princess.

Like you deserve.

Hi.

Hi.

Good morning.

Morning.

You alright, Juliet?

Yeah, but I'd like to talk to you.

Sure, what's up?

In private.

I'm busy, we'll talk later.

-Everything okay, Juliet? -Yes.

Excuse me, Fatima Jamed?

She's down there at the end.

-Thanks. -You're welcome.

-Morning. -Hi.

Hey!

-Long time no see! -Yes.

Since I got you your residency.

Yes. Do you still have endless lines to see you?

I'm not short of work.

Great. What can I do for you?

This is one of the most recent deaths in a CIE.

His name was Mohamed Bourdebala.

Here the inmates are protesting

and Mohamed is locked in an isolation cell for 18 hours,

where supposedly he killed himself.

When the officers arrived in room 41,

after lifting the hatch that covers the peephole,

they observed that said inmate

was squatting with a sheet around his neck...

-He's reading from a script. -Yes, that's the minister Zoido.

...no doubt about the moral integrity of these great professionals...

What a liar, my God.

This is Mohamed Abagui, 22 years old, who died in the Barcelona CIE.

-Cause of death, suicide. -Like my client.

-This one? -It's a bit surreal.

They say he killed himself with his shoelaces.

-With his shoelaces? -Yes.

Idrissa Diallo was killed in the Barcelona CIE.

He was a victim of institutional racism.

Samba Martine died from AIDS.

Medical negligence.

She asked for the CIE doctor ten times

and they gave her pills for anxiety.

They gave a woman dying from AIDS anxiety pills?

It's not just deaths in the CIEs.

They've also locked up minors, they've locked up sick people...

They've locked...

Female victims of mafia-run prostitution.

These barbarities are legal because of the Law on Immigration.

Have any of these cases ever been brought to justice?

Whenever something like this happens we denounce it.

But it never goes anywhere.

Most of the victims are poor, they can't afford a lawyer.

What's this?

The remaining 7,500 of the 30,000 I owed you.

What's going on?

You told me that I could leave if I wanted to.

But why now? Life on the outside will be impossible.

They found Zita dead in the CIE, I don't want that to happen to me.

No, dear.

Puigmartí has a deal with the police, that can't happen to you.

You have to help me Mercy, you promised me.

Maybe what happened to Zita happened because she left here.

We can't protect you on the street.

A lawyer will make me legal.

What lawyer?

I need my passport back.

I don't have it.

Why don't you have it?

We sent it to Nigeria to get another girl in.

I'll talk to Puigmartí, I promise.

But now back to work.

-Give me the keys for 23. -Here.

Let's go.

Hey gorgeous, how's it going?

What's your name?

Juliet.

Juliet, where are you from?

How much to go to a private room?

70 half an hour, 140 the hour.

Great, let's go.

You should find someone else.

If you don't fuck, go back to your own country, black bitch!

-Hi, Mercy. -How's it going?

-How are you? -Fine.

Long time no see.

Police! Everyone over here. Music off, lights on.

I want two lines.

Everyone with their ID or residence permit out.

Where are you going?

Are you stupid or what? ID out.

What are you doing?

Move away and don't interfere.

-You and I have a deal. -Sorry?

Move away, please.

Check the rooms too.

IDs, residency permits. This one outside.

Not you. ID.

Show me your ID. Don't have one? Then, out!

Your residency permit or the ID.

-I'll check but... -Not interested. You have or not?

-Can't find it. -This one too outside.

ID or residency permit?

-I need to go to the toilet, please. -No ID? Go outside.

Your ID.

ID? No? This one outside too. ID.

Your ID.

-Permit? -No.

-Turn around. -Please. Please...

Turn around.

Your hand.

We already have six.

Please don't!

We want to know who is responsible and we have no proof.

You're putting me in a tough spot.

-Please, Helen. -I can't!

Fatima.

How long have you been in this country?

A while.

Was it hard for you to get your residence papers?

You don't have to answer.

I was trying to get her papers when I was told she killed herself.

Look at her.

Do you think she killed herself?

When they take her away there's nothing else we can do.

I can't.

Okay. We don't want to put your job at risk.

Thank you for helping us. Let's go.

When I was a boy my dad took me to see my cousin,

who was dying of cancer.

He wanted me to say goodbye.

When I entered the room,

he was in bed with a tube coming out of his mouth.

There was a nurse who cleaned the tube constantly

so he didn't choke on his own vomit.

I could see the bones in his face,

the fear and pain...

he had panic in his eyes.

But what I remember the most, what I can't forget,

is the smell that came from his body.

The smell of...

decay,

rotten flesh.

It was the smell of death.

My mom has senile dementia.

She shits herself, she pisses herself.

If I get distracted for a moment I lose her and I can't find her.

I go crazy looking for her.

Sometimes I think she'd be better off dead.

Since this morning, the Open Arms rescue ship

has been in Italian territorial waters, off the island of Lampedusa.

The NGO is waiting for permission

to disembark 147 migrants they rescued.

The interior minister, Matteo Salvini,

mocked the NGO in a tweet in which he wondered

why they were not taken to Ibiza and Formentera

to have some fun.

Hey, handsome.

Hello.

You look sad.

Is this your first time here?

Yes.

I'm Katia, what's your name?

Fernando.

Fernando, I like it.

Do you know I come from the country with the hottest women?

Ah, you don't say.

Yes.

Look, I'm trying to find someone.

Oh yeah? Me?

You're gonna take me upstairs, right?

I'm looking for another girl.

Another girl?

Yes.

But...

are you a cop?

I'm not a cop, I'm a lawyer.

I don't want any problems.

If you want to ask questions, ask her, she's in charge.

-What's her name? -Mercy.

Thank you.

Hello.

What's the matter, you didn't like Katia?

I'm looking for Juliet Okoro.

-Who are you? -I'm her lawyer.

Do you know where she is?

-She doesn't work here anymore. -Since when?

Please leave.

-I said leave. -Mercy, look.

Do you know her?

Look what they did to her at the CIE.

Look how they left her.

I was in the CIE too.

I've already paid my toll.

You're not gonna impress me with a photo.

How did you get out?

I was lucky.

But Zita wasn't,

and if you don't help me, Juliet won't be either.

Security!

Help me!

What's up?

Is he bothering you?

No.

He was looking for the exit.

The sugar's in the second drawer.

How did you get that scar of yours?

From a client.

I couldn't defend myself because he'd tied me up.

You must meet a lot of degenerates in your work.

The club has strict rules, but there's always someone who takes it too far.

There are many people who are sick in the head in this world.

Is that your son?

Yes, he was.

What happened?

He overdosed on ecstasy when he was sixteen.

He had a girlfriend,

they went out partying and she gave him the pills.

I'm so sorry.

She was African, like you.

I should have shot her in the head.

Sorry, relax.

Another coffee?

Yes, please.

I haven't spoken to anyone about my son in a long time.

Sorry, did I wake you up?

Can't you sleep?

No...

Do you want one of those pills that help you sleep?

I've already had two.

Who cares...

sleep is overrated.

How come the sun's still not up?

Time feels so slow sometimes.

One minute feels like an eternity.

And sometimes 20 years fly by.

Do you think we look like each other?

You mean physically?

They say that after a long time together,

couples end up looking like each other.

I think...

there are gestures that you end up copying from each other,

and you share thoughts

without having to say them.

What are you doing?

-You've started smoking again? -Yes.

Your body won't thank you, you know?

I know.

But you do it anyway.

You have to die of something.

-Have you seen her? -Yes, I have.

-Juliet, shall we go? -Yes.

Don't you like the place?

No, no. I just...

I haven't been out in a long time.

I see.

I'll tell you the truth.

I chose this place just to impress you.

I don't eat in these places either.

Policemen eat in shabby bars where the portions are bigger than here.

When I was younger I wanted to be a fireman.

But one day there was a fire at school,

I saw the fire and fainted.

That was the end of my career as a fireman.

So I decided to be a policeman.

-Am I boring you? -No, no, no.

Juliet.

What's wrong? Tell me the truth.

It's just...

that I'd like...

What?

Oriol, I need to become legal here.

Is that all that's worrying you?

Yes, I don't have my passport.

-They took it away. -Who?

The boss at Dreams.

His name is Puigmartí.

Now eat up, all this is gonna cost me a bomb.

How was your vacation?

Hi, I was going to call you this afternoon.

Then I saved you the effort.

Do you want to come in for a cup of tea?

No, I came to give you back Zita's file.

Who?

The client you sent over to me. Did you forget?

Of course not.

She was found dead at the CIE.

Oh my God...

You didn't know?

-Of course I didn't know. I thought... -What?

That they were releasing her?

No, that you would do something.

Like what?

Confront the cop who came to the hearing?

What are you talking about?

They killed her, Carla.

They killed her in the CIE.

She was beaten to a pulp.

I won't show you the photos, I don't want to turn your stomach.

What do you want from me? Why you're here?

Why did you give me that file?

What do you know that I don't?

How can you do this to me?

They threatened me. My own firm.

They told me to forget about the case or they'd fire me.

Fernando.

Zita was a witness to a murder.

A cop pushed her boyfriend in a raid and she saw it happen.

Why didn't you just throw it away? Why did you give the case to me?

I wanted Zita to have a chance and she had that with you.

She never had a chance.

If they sent her to her country she'd be killed for being a whore.

If they couldn't deport her she'd be killed here.

That wasn't your fault, you did what you could.

And I have to settle for that? That I did what I could?

What else can we do? What else can you do?

Nothing.

We can't do anything.

How's your wife? How'd it go with the new therapy?

Rosa died.

I'm so sorry Fernando. I'm really sorry.

It's better this way.

She was suffering a lot.

-Here. -Thank you.

Is that lawyer still breaking your balls?

Don't worry about him, he's got nothing.

-And the activist? -Who?

That Muslim on the TV.

That one... She's pretty hot.

She asks for reports, we give her them and that's it.

Listen,

some Peruvian girls have arrived at the CIE

-and I thought we could do... -No, I've got a lot of work.

A lot of work? Come on, you're...

Enric, I don't like repeating myself.

-Good morning. -Good morning.

Hello.

-What's your name? -Samira.

-And your surname? -Hammouni.

Can you spell it for me?

Sure. H-A,

M-M-O-U-N...

W,

E-N,

Z-H-O-U.

-How do you pronounce it? -Wenzhou.

Wenzhou.

-Yes. -Okay.

What's your mother called?

Yinghua.

Y...

A-L-A,

Y-E.

And you?

Africa.

Okay.

What's your name?

Kheira.

-Sorry? -Kheira.

Kheira. Can you spell your name?

-No. -No problem, your dad will do it.

Proof of address?

We don't have it.

-Where do you live? -In a van.

Yes.

-You live in a van with your kids? -Yeah, we all live there.

-Do you like living in a van? -No.

I figured you wouldn't.

What happened this time?

And don't tell me you lost your paperwork.

It's my cousin's fault.

You sold it again.

Of course you did.

No, Mr. Fernando.

-Don't lie to me. -Please.

I swear on my mother's life,

-I didn't sell it. -What happened?

What did you do with it? What happened?

It was in a drawer

in the closet,

and my cousin sold the closet.

Right, let's see.

You had the paperwork in a drawer

inside a closet that your cousin then sold?

Yes.

Hussein,

it's over.

I won't get this document for you again.

Because you're lying to me.

Yes, I sold it.

But I have children to feed, many mouths to feed.

And I am poor.

All right,

I'll do it again.

Thank you, Mr. Fernando.

I've got some bad news.

What's wrong?

You've been denied your provisional residency card.

What?

They told me they couldn't give you a provisional residency card

because there's no war in Syria anymore.

Your life is not in danger and you can go back to Syria.

What am I going to do now?

You have two choices,

either go back to Syria

or stay here illegally.

I'm not going back to Syria

and I can't stay here illegally either.

How will I find a job and where will I sleep?

I know, Samir.

You know? I can't do that.

I can't do anything, Samir. The law is the law.

There's an immigration law...

-But... -...and I can't break it.

I've used every resource we have,

I told your story like you told it to me.

It breaks my heart that you had a baby in your arms

when a boat was about to sink.

But they're not interested.

They follow numbers and laws and told me that it's over.

There's nothing else I can do.

Do you know what's going to happen to me if I go back to Syria?

Sometimes we have to accept life as it's dealt.

-I wish... -What?

That my wife were still alive and she isn't.

She died from cancer and I have to get on with my life.

You have to get on with yours.

It's unfair, it's cruel, it doesn't make any sense.

I don't want to die,

I want to keep living.

I want to keep following my dream to do theater,

be an actor.

Give our message to the world about what's happening to us, the refugees.

I'm sorry.

This cognac

was sent by a customer straight from Burgundy.

It's from 1954.

I only get it out on special occasions.

Try it, you'll like it.

Not for me, thank you.

There's nothing special about this visit.

I'll be honest with you.

After your surprise raid,

I've been very worried about our friendship.

But I knew it wouldn't be long before you came to see me.

For me, the past is the past.

I knew you wouldn't let me down

and I knew you'd come to clear things up between us.

I've come to get Juliet Okoro's passport.

What?

Juliet Okoro's passport.

That black girl?

Yeah, the black girl.

What you're asking me for isn't easy.

And you know these girls are a bit absent-minded.

This will take time,

and it's almost impossible to get...

When did you say this cognac was from?

1954.

Please...

You look very... elegant.

Thank you.

When will I be able to get my papers in order?

I'll try to get them as soon as possible.

Is this your real address?

Yes, I live there.

Do you live alone?

No, I live with a man.

Does he treat you well?

Well,

you don't have to tell me.

But I want you to know that I don't judge you,

I know how hard it is to survive.

I can't go on, Fernando.

It's okay...

I need to leave.

I'm scared.

What's going on?

Every day I have to pretend that I'm fine but I'm not.

I'm not.

I can't do this anymore, I need to leave.

It's okay.

It's okay.

I'll call them to speed up your immigration papers.

I'm going to call them.

I have a friend in London,

she'll find you somewhere to live and a job.

Hold on a little longer.

Look at me.

A little bit longer.

Alright?

Thank you so much.

You couldn't find Bakary?

No, I couldn't.

Can I take it?

There's no one else to give it to.

Have you found out what happened to Zita yet?

Not yet.

But right now, it's you I'm worried about.

The Council of Ministers has granted the young FC Barcelona striker

Ansu Fati, born in Guinea-Bissau, Spanish nationality by naturalization.

This method of acquiring nationality is exceptional,

not subject to the general rules of administrative procedure.

Ansu can now be called up to the Spanish team for the World Cup...

-Hello. -Hi.

Come in, please.

Come on in, make yourselves comfortable.

Come in, come in.

I'll show you your room.

She's so cute.

Please don't touch that, it was a gift from my wife.

-Do you like it? -Yes.

Go on, take it. Follow your mom.

Immigration Office.

I wanted to check the status of Juliet Okoro's documents.

Passport number?

N-G-A,

0-2-1,

8-4-8-8-6.

4-8-8-6.

Okay.

Juliet Okoro.

It hasn't been processed, there's a problem with the passport.

What kind of problem?

It's been used a lot recently and we can't confirm her identity.

What do you mean, you can't confirm her identity?

We can't be sure if the passport is a fake.

I am her lawyer and I assure you

that this passport belongs to Juliet Okoro.

Yes, but...

Please unblock the process.

To unblock the process the only solution

is for her to come and verify her fingerprints.

Hi you've reached Juliet. I can't come to the phone right now.

Please leave a message and I'll call you back.

Hi Juliet.

I've been calling you all day and you're not picking up.

Please call me, it's urgent.

Thank you.

I won't lie to you.

As soon as I saw her I knew she was...

special.

Yes...

I tried to help her and protect her,

but I fell in love with her.

I haven't felt that way about another woman since my divorce.

All of a sudden,

you feel like a new man.

I'm sure it's happened to you too.

Yes, it happens to us all.

She came to live with me.

Temporarily at first, but...

you've seen her, her beauty is...

addictive.

You don't know where she is?

No. I came home one day and she was gone.

She didn't return to the club, I have some guys looking for her.

And you don't find it odd?

She doesn't have many places to go.

In the end we are what we are.

No matter how beautiful Juliet is, she's still a foreigner.

Do you follow me?

Honestly, I don't.

Let me explain it to you.

Tell me.

They're different people.

Different?

I'm a liberal man, I tried to make her feel comfortable.

What I felt was real,

but sometimes the differences come from afar.

Things that you learn when you're little, habits,

things you carry in your genes.

And yet I tried to understand her,

to adapt.

But nobody can take away from me what I felt for her.

What a touching story.

What do you want now?

A medal for treating an immigrant like a human being?

And why are you looking for her?

Because I want to help her with her immigration papers.

Please, admit it.

You wouldn't bother if she were a fat, ugly whore in her forties.

There you go again,

doubting human generosity.

For someone to help someone else without self-interest...

That's just not you, is it?

Anyway,

thank you for the beer, it got late.

Do me a favor.

If you find her, this is her bag. Can you give it to her?

-You think he killed her? -No, no, no.

If he'd killed her he wouldn't have let me in.

Then she's being deported.

He was mocking me. He gave me Zita's bag as if to say,

"Look, I killed her, what are you gonna do?''

I need to take them both to court, Oriol and that clown Enric Millar.

-What will you accuse them of? -The deaths of Bakary and Zita.

Bakary was pushed off a roof in a raid and Zita saw it.

Now, they think Juliet knows about this.

If I can get a prosecutor who's honest

and present the evidence...

I've got them both.

-Fernando. -What?

You're a little obsessed with all this.

-You want to close the CIEs, don't you? -Of course I do.

Then you have to be obsessed with it, otherwise nothing will ever happen.

How long have you been trying to close the CIEs?

You're right, but the most important thing now is to find Juliet.

Sorry, you're outside visiting hours.

And you know this.

I need to speak to Enric Millar.

Sure, I'll write it down. Come back in the morning.

Call him, damn it!

Tell him it's Fernando Vila.

The lawyer who's gonna sue him for the death of Zita Krasniqi.

Again, come back in the morning.

Joan, calm down.

What can I do for you at this hour?

I need to know if Juliet Okoro is locked up here.

If she was locked up, they'd have told you.

It wouldn't be the first time a lawyer's not been informed.

She's not here.

Do you have a list of detainees?

Do you think you can come here outside of visiting hours

and tell me how to do my job just because you feel like it?

Son of a bitch, tell me if she's here!

I'll smash your face in!

Easy! Fernando!

I'll take you to court!

-I'll have you thrown in jail! -Are you okay?

Are you tired?

Not at all, you?

Me neither.

Uncertainty continues around the situation of the Open Arms,

which today received a visit from actor Richard Gere.

He took food...

Juliet Okoro?

Juliet Okoro?

Yes, what's going on? What's going on? No, no, no.

-Let me go! Let me go! No! -Stay still!

-No, no, no. -Stop fucking moving!

-Let me go! -Be still!

Stop fucking moving!

Grab her there. Let's go.

According to the latest report of the United Nations,

the Multidimensional Poverty Index

is at 1,3 billion people worldwide.

India, Nigeria and Ethiopia

rank top on the list of poorest countries.

No, no, no. No!

Please, no!

-Hi. -Good morning, there.

-Hi. -Hi.

At the front.

-Hi. Row number five. -Thanks.

Hi. Good morning. May I help you?

-Can I help you? -I need help with this.

Thank you.

Good morning.

There are four emergency exits:

two at the front, and two at the rear of the plane.

Your attention please,

that girl sitting in the front row is being unfairly deported.

Who the hell are you?

I'm her lawyer and nobody told me she was being deported.

We have her expulsion papers.

And I have her immigration papers! You can't deport her!

It's outrageous! Let this woman free!

It's unjust!

You have no right to do this!

She's innocent!

Set her free!

-Let her go! -Sit!

She's being unjustly deported!

-I'm not sitting down. Don't touch me! -Shut up!

You cannot take that woman to her country.

What you want to do? Arrest me if you want, but you won't take her!

Sit!

Get off!

Get off! Please help us!

Please listen! This plane can't fly with people standing,

so I ask you to resolve this issue on the ground.

It was so close.

Very close.

I have a gift for you.

This is a book my wife wrote about the universe.

But I think it's a guide to life's challenges.

I hope you like it.

THE CONDITION OF LIFE

Thank you so much, Fernando.

Come on, we can't be late.

Announcing the departure of flight AirFly 6374, destination Ibiza.

All passengers, please proceed to gate number 3.

-Everything alright? -Yes.

Let's go.

As soon as you get to London, call my friend.

-Did I give you her number? -Several times.

She'll get you an apartment and a job.

You've told me that already too.

Any problem at all, call me. You have my number?

Yes, it'll all be fine.

Do you have your red card?

The political asylum card? Yes.

Excellent. If they stop you, just show that.

Announcing the departure of flight Faster Lines 7886, destination Gatwick.

All passengers, please proceed to gate number 1.

Your plane, this time I don't want you to miss it.

Documents, please.

Where are you going?

London.

Do you have a residence permit?

I have political asylum.

Show me, please.

Go ahead.

-Hi. How are you? -Hi.

-You got a light? -Yes.

I'll be fucking great, a real cash cow! And the other day...

Can I talk to you a minute?

I saw scaffolding, what's it for?

Guess!

We're expanding.

I have a new deal with the police.

Now it's all expenses, but over time we're gonna make a killing, baby.

Girls! Antonio!

I love you.

You again?

I want to talk to you.

Sorry I'm working, but you can have a drink with any of these girls.

No.

I need to talk to you.

How's Juliet?

Good.

I put her on a plane to London.

I'm glad to hear it.

I hope it goes better for her this time.

What do you want from me, Fernando?

I've come to let off steam, I had nowhere to go.

But the truth is, I came here

to make you feel guilty about something you know nothing about.

I feel guilty about Zita's death.

I know who killed her, why they killed her.

She saw something she wasn't supposed to.

And these people are untouchable.

Nothing will happen to them.

If I were sane I'd go home, read a good book and take a nap.

But I can't.

Someone needs to face up to these people,

fuck them over, stick a finger in their eye.

Even if they walk free after.

That person will be me,

because if I don't

my life will have no meaning.

It could cost you your life.

You have to die of something.

On the third day of the CIE court case,

the director of the immigration detention center Enric Millar

and police inspector Oriol Cadenas

are accused of sexually abusing detainees.

The proceedings have built up a lot of expectation, even at the courthouse.

It's the first time that CIE managers have been accused.

These centers are always involved in polemics...

-Everything's good. -It's an important day.

-This will work out fine. -Good luck.

The prosecutor would like to bring Mercy Okafor to the witness stand.

Is it true that you were detained in a CIE awaiting deportation?

Yes, sir.

But that never happened.

Could you explain to the court why?

Because...

because I did...

some things.

What kind of things?

I organized orgies.

Could you speak a little louder? Don't fear.

I organized sex parties

with other girls from the CIE.

And who participated in these sex parties?

The director of the CIE and a policeman friend of his.

Are you referring to

the director of the CIE, Enric Millar,

and police inspector Oriol Cadenas?

Yes, sir.

What did they promise the girls?

That they wouldn't be deported.

And they kept their promises?

No.

The witness filmed one of these episodes which appear on the case.

I ask that the court play exhibit 1.

Play the video.

Hello?

Hello...

Hi there.

-You are late. -Get inside.

-What are they speaking? -French.

-The little one for you, no? -Yeah.

The little one is Khady. Khady, come here.

What gorgeous girls.

Look at those tits. Very beautiful.

Beautiful girls, right?

Very beautiful!

Take it off.

Get closer, go ahead.

Come on, don't resist.

-Like that, keep going. -Stop!

Very good.

Come on girls. More energy, don't stop.

Like that, faster.

That's the stuff, Oriol.

Faster! Very good, you like it?

Shut up.

What will happen in the Mediterranean?

INTERVIEW WITH FOUNDER OF NGO "OPEN ARMS"

For the first time, there are Western drones bombing

Tripoli, where hundreds of thousands of people are trapped.

We rescued 54 people a week ago.

Two of them had survived one such bombing.

They said 200 people died, but the media set the number at 40.

What is more serious is that Europe is funding armed groups in Libya

so that these people are being held and even bombed.

We need to point the finger at President Pedro Sánchez,

who won't let us go out to sea.

A shady administrative machinery in the service of power

allows people to die in the most deadly place in the world,

where 14,000 to 16,000 people have died in four years.

Not allowing a humanitarian ship to work properly in the area

can only lead to more deaths.

What are you doing here?

I was waiting for you.

Where am I?

You don't recognize it? It's our favorite park.

Yes...

I recognize it.

You and I spent hours talking in this park.

Yes. Trying to decipher the mysteries of life.

And failing miserably.

No. I don't see it that way.

Humans needs to talk,

invent myths,

justify their fears,

overcome inhibitions.

You look so beautiful.

Do you regret not having children?

If there was a little Fernando running around here,

you wouldn't be so obsessed with my death.

Yes, I would have liked that.

Having a kid who I can show

how to accept the things he can't change.

Give him the courage to change the things he can.

And above all,

to be true to his ideals.

Well, there's still time.

-I'm not dead? -Not yet.

You can go back if you want.

Why the hesitation?

I just can't forget what happened that night.

Forgive me Rosa.

Forgive me.

There's nothing to forgive.

You did what I asked you to do.

You need to forgive yourself.

Rosa!

Fernando.

Fernando.

Fernando.

Fernando.

Hi, Fernando,

can you hear me?

Relax,

you're going to be alright.

I'm here.

I'm happy to see you recovered.

How are you? I saw your case on TV.

I'm better.

I'll open the door for you.

Do you need anything?

No, I'm okay.

Thank you for coming.

I'll see you all in a minute.

Today the Supreme Court has overturned the sentences

of Enric Millar and Oriol Cadenas,

both convicted of sexually abusing detainees in a CIE.

We're joined by the spokeswoman of the "Stop CIEs' group",

Fatima Jamed.

What do you think of the Supreme Court's decision?

It's a disgrace, like everything that happens in CIEs.

Beatings that end in deaths disguised as suicides,

deaths due to medical neglect.

And as we've just seen, it all ends in total impunity for those responsible.

Inspector Oriol Cadenas still has the pending case

of the attempted murder of lawyer Fernando Vila.

The prosecutor considers that he has an alibi

because he was under police custody at the time of the events.

-This trial will be another farce. -What will you do to be heard?

No person is illegal!

No human being is illegal!

No human being is illegal!

Inside that building there, abuse and despair!

Inside that building there, abuse and despair!

No woman is illegal!

Since 2002, 14 people have died in Spain's CIEs.

According to the State, five of them committed suicide.

Four didn't receive the medical attention they required.

One died during a flight under the supervision of the State Police.

The cause of death of the four other people remains a mystery.

During the post-production of this movie,

Marouane Abouobaida died in Valencia's CIE.

Official cause of death: suicide.

He was 23 years old.

There are still seven CIEs in Spain.

In Europe, there are 254 of them.

In total, I've been deported three times.

Last time, I told the police...

POPULAR UNION OF STREET VENDORS OF BARCELONA

...that traveling to come here is like drinking water for me.

I was so...

so angry about all the deportations

that I ended up saying that so they could see it was pointless

deporting me to Senegal just to come back the next day.

I'm very persistent.

I decided to come because at home we were...

BACKGROUND ACTRESS IN THE MOVIE

...starving.

We were starving.

It's easy to say you're going to Europe

but to have to...

go through Morocco

because one way or another you want to be here...

It's tough, but I thank God I'm here.

He left my country in 2003...

HER FATHER ARRIVED IN SPAIN ON A BOAT

...and first he went to Senegal, then to Mali

and in Mali he got a car to go to Algeria.

When they got to the Moroccan border

there were other traffickers,

who covered them with a tarp to make it look like they were animals.

Once I got here...

I went back to street selling and the next day they got me

and sent me to the CIE again.

This time they didn't deport me.

THE EU EXPELLED 60,135 PEOPLE IN 10 YEARS.

-Why? -They let me go.

-Why? -I have no idea!

SPAIN GOT 801M EUROS FROM THE EU FOR DEPORTATIONS.

It makes no sense.

None of this makes sense.

I was sent to the CIE on a journey from Barcelona to Madrid.

I was at the bus station in Madrid changing my ticket

and two plainclothes policemen stopped me.

-"Come with me.'' -"Why?''

-"Come with me.'' -"What have I done?''

"You don't have your papers.''

I said "I'm not alone, I have a young daughter.''

"She's not Spanish.''

"Her parents aren't Spanish so the girl's not Spanish.''

-But she was born here. -She was born here, but...

-Were you scared they'd deport you? -Very.

Very scared, because my daughter would be here.

If I got deported my daughter would stay, and she had no one.

SPAIN HAS 12,303 UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT MINORS.

She didn't know anyone here.

My daughter's story would become nothing

and I'd be back in my country, a failure.

-How many times have you been in a CIE? -Five.

It's a life that's full of violence.

Psychological, physical...

If you're there you need to be prepared

to suffer it all, to live through it all.

You have to accept all the xenophobic and racist comments.

Otherwise, the worst thing is to end up in an isolation cell.

There they can hit you and leave you without contact with other people.

You don't know what your future holds.

6,473 PEOPLE WERE PLACED IN CIES LAST YEAR.

That's the hardest part: not knowing what will happen to you tomorrow.

A boat has a capacity of 25 people.

They fit 120 or 150 people in a boat like that.

At 3 or 4 in the morning, the Open Arms boat saw them,

it told them to stop and they were rescued with life jackets.

THE NGO OPEN ARMS RESCUED OVER 60,000 PEOPLE.

So if it weren't for the Open Arms they'd have died at sea.

I was looking for work when I found the street sellers.

They helped me and they taught me how to do it.

And that's the most dignified thing an undocumented person can do.

Because if it's not that

it's selling drugs, or theft, or begging in the street.

And to us it's like...

THE UNION OF STREET VENDORS HAS 400 MEMBERS.

That's not dignified.

To everyone who's just got here...

IT CREATED THE CLOTHING BRAND "TOP MANTA".

...we give them a blanket to sell from, as a sign of dignity.

In fact, even though I stopped selling, my blanket is so sacred to me.

I keep it in my wardrobe.

-How old is your daughter? -She'll be 23 next month.

She plays professional basketball and played for the Spanish team.

Oh, really? She played for the Spanish team?

That's amazing.

IHO LOPEZ TOBI WON THE U18 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

Now she's studying in the USA, in Florida.

Studying...

-Life's twists and turns, right? -Yes.

She couldn't be Spanish unless I married a Spaniard.

I was very lucky to meet a great man

who helped me at every moment,

and he said, "Let's do it".

When this pandemic began,

we wanted to show that our will is

to form part of this country's development.

This opportunity,

despite the crisis and the fact these are sad times,

for us it's a chance to show our love

by helping healthcare in this country.

Making masks, gowns and surgical caps

to help a lot of people...

THEY DONATED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT DURING THE PANDEMIC.

...who can't even buy a mask in the pharmacy.

Everything we've done is a way of fighting racism

because it changes the way a lot of people thought about us.

That we've come here to steal, that we don't want to work,

that we live in the street, that we steal jobs...

All of this that we've done...

will help to silence those people.