The image, which travels the world and that is top of many European newspapers, shows the horror of passing people fleeing Africa and the Middle East, seeking refuge in the old continent.
the Turkish media reported that the baby was called Aylan Kurdi and had 3 years. The inflatable boat in which they traveled the child's family and other Syrian refugees-a full six people- departed in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday of the Bodrum peninsula (southwestern Turkey) bound for the island of Kos.
But he never reached his destination. Next to the small Syrian his brother died, Galib (5 years), his mother, Rihan Kurdi (35 years) and a young man of 18 years. Only two people, one of them the father of Kurdi, Abdullah, family managed to be rescued by the Turkish coastguard.
In protest, the Spanish artist Julio Rey published a cartoon is viraliza in European networks called "the child from the beach."
Meanwhile, efforts are accelerated against time to close the ongoing humanitarian crisis. The Hungarian premier Viktor Orban said today in Brussels that "the European leaders have clearly shown not to be able, not having the ability to manage the situation."
"It is known that they up to individual countries to control the external borders, and this is what we are doing in Hungary, "he said Orban after meeting with the president of European Parliament Martin Schulz .
the latter, meanwhile, stressed the need to "find common ground to organize legal immigration."
"So far we have seen only selfishness, we are now at a crucial time in the Union European "added Schulz.
Orban is scheduled to meet today also in Brussels with the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the European Council, Donald Tusk, to treat immigration emergency.
Source: infonews