Autumn2015.TwoSpanishlifeguards,OscarandGerard,traveltotheGreekislandofLesbosafterseeingtheheart-wrenchingphotographofalittleboydrownedintheMediterraneanSea.Theyarrivetodiscoverashockingreality:thousandsofpeopleriskingtheirliveseverydaybytryingtocrosstheseainthemostprecariousofvessels,fleeingfromarmedconflictsandothermiseriesintheirhomecountries.Butthethingthatstandsoutmostisthatnooneisdoinganyrescuework.
TogetherwithEsther,Nicoandothermembersoftheteam,theywillfighttodothejobthatnoneoftheauthoritiesaredoingandprovidesupporttothethousandsofpeoplewhosobadlyneedit.Forallinvolved,thisfirsttripwillturnintoanodyssey,onethatwillchangetheirlivesforever.