The arrival of so many migrants has polarized Europe, causing outpourings of sympathy but also fuelling the rise of populist political parties who say the continent has no room for more people and could see its cultures diluted. The boat was part of a flotilla of small dinghies boarded by passengers at Akyarlar, the closest point to the Greek Aegean island of Kos.
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A dazed-looking Abdullah was greeted by television cameras and Turkish officials as a tiny coffin bearing one of his children was unloaded from the plane.
The refugee said how he wished it to be a toy, but it turned out to be a human child.
“I was even paying rent for them in Turkey, but it is disgusting the way they treat Syrians there”. “He can not be by himself there”.
Among the dead Syrian children was Aylan, 3, who was pictured lifeless on the Turkish beach face down. She said an application to bring her another brother, Mohammad, to Canada was recently rejected because he was not registered as a refugee with the United Nations.
Kurdi had sent money to her brother and his family to help pay smugglers to get them to Greece. I didn’t think anything else. Of the 57 Syrian, Afghan, and Pakistani people detained on Thursday, those that have identifying documents and are not from Syria will be deported to their country of origin, authorities said.
“She was fearing for their lives”, he said. There was no fee for the two boys.
“With all my heart, I hope that the government that will take over after the elections will tackle the major economic issues along with the migration and refugee issues prudently and with responsibility”, Reuters quoted European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos as saying in Athens Saturday.
Kurdi spoke to both her brothers by phone on Friday and watched emotional video on CNN of her two young nephews being buried in Kobani.
“I’m glad that the image of Alan has motivated people to come out”, another protester said.
“He didn’t want to throw himself to the water and to the sea and risk his life”, he said.
“It all happened in just a few seconds, I tried to hold my wife and my kids but I couldn’t do anything,” he remembered.
The boy lost his life along with his five-year-old brother, Galip and mother Rehan. Will it change anything in a world that is increasingly hostile to migrants?
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As people continue to share the photo, some artists across the world have created their own tributes to Aylan with artistic drawings and graphic design, according to BuzzFeed News.
