Set in the northern Algerian port city of Mostaganem. The title refers to the hordes of refugees, the 'Harragas', who smuggle themselves out of the country via any means possible. Here we meet one such group, Rachid, Nasser and Imene who pay a smuggler, Hassan, to take them to Spain in his rickety boat. Along with a group of African and Arab migrants, they are risking all they have to cross the stormy Straits.

Mostaganem, à 200 Km des côtes algériennes. Hassan, un passeur, prépare en secret le départ illégal d'un groupe d'immigrants vers les côtes espagnoles. Dix " brûleurs " participent au voyage. Harragas est l'odyssée de ce groupe rêvant à l'Espagne, porte ouverte sur l'Eldorado européen.