The day they hear on the news that holding refugees in custody pending deportation has been abolished, they are beside themselves. Ithemba, the cook, is waving his arms around. Zair and Tristan are arguing, but Rashid (the thunderbolt-hurler) is eerily silent as he sits at the table, a mute colossus. When Richard asks what’s wrong, Rashid replies: So they won’t lock people up before deporting them, but they’ve confirmed that the deportations themselves will continue. They really don’t want us here, he says. They really don’t want us. He shakes his head.
