His name was Ajlan. World shocked boy shot dead on a Turkish beach.

It's an image that finally make Europe the decisive solution to the refugee crisis? World newspapers on Thursday published a photograph of a little boy whose body washed up on the coast of Turkey. His ship sank, he and his mother and brother tried to get to Greece.

His name was Ajlan
Turkish police officer carries the body of a young boy who washed up at the coastal town of Bodrum. The ship with a group of Syrian migrants sank on the way to the Greek island of Kos. (2 September 2015)
The photograph was taken on Wednesday morning. Turkish media guy in a red shirt and blue shorts identified as a three-year Ajlana Kurdího. Along with him, he drowned his two years older brother Calib. Both came from the Syrian city of Koban, which was the scene of harsh clashes between the terrorists of the Islamic state and Kurdish militias.



Children's father Abdullah said the vessel on which they were traveling, overturned. He tried to keep children and a woman, but the wave separated them; sons apparently slipped life vests, but from which, after falling into the water slipped. "My kids were the best in the world, it was amazing. Every morning I woke to play with me. Now they are all gone, "he said. The bodies of the children and his wife now wants to move it to the Syrian Koban.

According to current information, the Syrians sailed on two boats toward the island of Kos. One of them went from a small town Akyarlar, on the Greek island from there it is just five kilometers away. Ajlanova aboard the boat were six people swam back to shore only two people in life jackets.
Turkish police on Thursday afternoon arrested four suspected smugglers who might be associated with two sunken boats.

Image traveled the world, showing the horror of the refugee crisis.

"The tragic figure of a little boy who lost his life on the run from Syria, shocked us. It reminds us of the danger that undergo families with children on their way to a better life. This serious situation where children are dying, should encourage the European Union to deal with the refugee crisis, "he said, according to The Guardian Director of Save the Children.
Photo of the dead boy has published a number of world media and commentators agree that the picture can become a symbol of the inability of European leaders to deal with the biggest wave of refugees since World War II.

The author of the shots that sparked an extraordinary response, according to agency DPA Turkish photographer Nilüfer Demirová. "When I was three years Ajlana Kurdího saw froze me really blood. At that moment I was not able to anything, "she said. "The only thing I could do for him was to let him hear the cry, the cry of his body lying on the ground," she said, adding that this was why the camera button pressed. "A hundred meters away lay his brother Calib," she added.
The dead refugees have recently also received the viewfinder AP photographer in Libya, where in late August at the town of Zuari drowned about 200 people on their way to Europe. These photos, however, by far not caused such a stir as the picture of the dead boy.


American newspaper The New York Times pointed out on Wednesday's debate on journalistic ethics, shot dead baby evoked. Editors of some leaves were opposed to shock the reader, while many journalists took the view that it is necessary to inform the public about the consequences of war and politics, which makes it difficult for refugees to seek asylum in Europe. In Britain, the debate ended coincidence that the picture will be on the front pages, and the leaves will call on Prime Minister Cameron to take action. The US wanted the picture to print sheets, but the editors differed in the extent to which the photograph is to be drastic. Some refused to publish shot on which is partially visible face lying child. Cameron on the images actually responded. "These photographs are shocking. Therefore, at the forefront of international assistance in Syria, which has affected humanitarian crisis, "he said Cameron sheet according to The Independent . They wanted to Canada Ajlan was probably the son of Syrian, who was among the dead and authorities identified her as thirty-five burping. Her husband and the children's father Abdullah was found on the bank of half-unconscious and was taken to hospital. Later, according to the AP he testified that the ship's captain panicked because of high waves and jumped into the sea.

In Vancouver Abdullah's sister lives Teema, who emigrated to Canada 20 years ago. Leaf Canadian National Post said the family fled to Turkey and tried to get into Canada through a private sponsor. Apparently he asked for asylum, but Canadian authorities rejected the request in June that the handling of Turkey is too complicated.
"I wanted them to patronize, and friends and neighbors helped me a bank account. But we could not get here, because they were on that boat. I paid them rent an apartment in Turkey, but there are Syrians are acting terribly, "she related.
According to the National Post, Canada and Turkey at odds over a longer period of time refugees who are trying to get from Turkey to Canada. Syrian Kurds often do not have passports, because the Syrian government they are issued. They therefore have a problem with the registration of refugees as the UN and at the same time, the Turkish government as unregistered refugees without a passport refuses to issue exit visas.
Greek islands full of refugees
Kos along with other Greek islands has recently become a magnet for people trying to reach Europe. Wednesday on the neighboring island of Lesbos landed roughly 2,500 refugees, most of them were from Syria. According to local authorities, people arriving on boats and trestle, not intended for long voyages at sea.
On the island of Lesbos is now waiting for around 15 000 refugees on the ferry that would take them to the Athenian port of Piraeus. From there they will continue through Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Germany.
This year, sailed to Europe across the Mediterranean Sea over 300 000 people, of which 2,500 of them died at sea. While there is no danger only at sea. In late August, Austrian police found in the parked truck on the highway 71 illegal immigrants suffocated.

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