On his eighteenth birthday orphaned Afghani refugee Mati gets a letter to say he is to be deported after eleven years in Britain with his foster mother Rosie and her Down Syndrome son George so he runs away to live in the woods. When unfeeling immigration officers come to the house George also runs off but Mati, alerted by Rosie's phone call, locates him. With the police now involved Rosie is forced to take drastic action.