News Troubling image of drowned boy captivates, horrifies

[Deepu]

An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey's prime tourist resorts swept across social media on Wednesday after at least 12 presumed Syrian refugees died trying to reach the Greek island of Kos.
The picture showed a little boy wearing a bright red t-shirt and shorts lying face-down in the surf on a beach near the resort town of Bodrum. In a second image, a grim-faced policeman carries the body away.

Turkish media identified the boy as 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi, whose 5-year-old brother died on the same boat. Media reports said he was from the north Syrian town of Kobani near the Turkish border, scene of heavy fighting between Islamic State insurgents and Kurdish regional forces a few months ago.

Troubling image of drowned boy captivates, horrifies

 

[Technoglitch]

RIP for the passed soul.

 

[Technoglitch]

The world's 'treason'

Jordan has taken in at least 600,000 of them, according to the United Nations, but the government in Amman says the figure is 1.4 million.

Nearly 80,000 of them have taken shelter at Zaatari, a sprawling desert camp in northern Jordan where Abu al-Yaman is the spokesman for refugees, and their plight has also left him furious.

He denounces what he calls the "treason of the world, particularly of Arab countries," whom he also accuses of a closed-door policy.

"I'm not talking about Lebanon and Jordan," he said.

"My rebuke is addressed to the countries who have the ability to help and are doing nothing, such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia."

He also accuses unnamed news media of "using the photo (of Aylan) in an exaggerated and negative way, as if their aim is to frighten Syrians and dissuade them from emigrating."

And despite the risks, he doesn't rule out heading for Europe himself.

"There is no other way out for Syrians but to emigrate, even if it means death," he said.

The conversation returns to the image of Aylan, which Yaman said is "distressing for every human being who sees it".

Abu Malek, a 30-year-old teacher living in Zaatari, said: "I never imagined that things would reach the point where one saw Syrian bodies lying on a beach or floating in the sea."

Louei, 19, also deplores the sense of being "abandoned" by Arab countries. "This image will haunt those countries forever," he prophesied.

The world's 'treason': Drowned kid's images enrage Syrian refugees

 

[scorpionking76]

The first picture is really disturbing Technoglitch bro, however its across all news channels and paper. But i really feel sorry for the parents

 

[Technoglitch]

It is really disturbing to see the image but the world or UN should come into aid for them.

 

[IndianMascot]

So sad and really disturbing.

 

[Deepu]

Why so many are fleeing Europe?

 

[IndianMascot]

Syrians have to migrate because their survival on their own land is negligible due to the war on their land. So, they are migrating to Europe to find a safe land to live.

 

[Deepu]

Syrians have to migrate because their survival on their own land is negligible due to the war on their land. So, they are migrating to Europe to find a safe land to live.

Oh... but how are they coming to Europe? Do they have valid visas or illegally they are migrating?

 

[IndianMascot]

They are coming illegally. That's why this toddler event happened bro.

Migrating is also risky and can be deadly which actually has happened here in this case but still Syrians feel that its better to die struggling in finding a better land instead of dying in Civil War