In the spring of 2009 an underage asylum-seeker from Afghanistan named Ashraf Sahil awaited immediate deportation from Finland. His cry for help was answered by a professor from Tampere who offered temporary refuge to this complete stranger. In this book Juha Suoranta tells the story of his revealing encounters with Finnish immigration policy - a story of decency, hope, victory and defeat in contemporary Finnish society.

In the spring of 2009 an underage asylum-seeker from Afghanistan named Ashraf Sahil awaited immediate deportation from Finland. His cry for help was answered by a professor from Tampere who offered temporary refuge to this complete stranger. In this book Juha Suoranta tells the story of his revealing encounters with Finnish immigration policy - a story of decency, hope, victory and defeat in contemporary Finnish society.