The Backway tells the story of a young economic migrant, Mo (Momodou) who, against his wishes, is forced by his father to take the illegal migration route out of the Gambia (colloquially referred to as the ‘Backway’) to the U.K. in the hope that this will improve his, and more importantly, his family’s life back home.

The 17min short focuses on how Mo must come to terms with the impact that his deportation from the UK and subsequent arrival back in The Gambia, after 2 years, will now have on himself and his family, who risked everything they had in the hope that this would prove to be a worthwhile investment.