Will This Photo of a Drowned Syrian Child Change the World’s Approach to the Refugee Crisis?
A police officer carries the dead body of Aylan Kurdi who was on his way to seek asylum in Canada with his family. The child’s body washed up on a beach in Turkey on Wednesday. (AP Photo/DHA)
A heartbreaking photograph has gone viral and provoked a much-needed discussion on the moral obligation of wealthy countries to help those in need.
From BBC News:
A huge online conversation is taking place around the picture of a dead 3-year-old Syrian boy from Kobane, washed up on a Turkish beach. Will it change the way the world views Syrian migrants?
The picture was of Aylan Kurdi, one of 12 Syrians who drowned off the coast of Turkey as they tried to reach the EU by boat. They were heading towards the Greek island of Kos.
A Turkish news agency shared the picture of his lifeless body being washed up and carried ashore by a Turkish policeman and it has sparked a huge – and global – surge on social media.
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—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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