Pictures of dead babies on Turkish beaches

[scots]

Can't imagine what the dad must be feeling. Risked everything, lost everything, and returning to Kobane with the bodies. Don't see how a man could carry on living after that. Puts all our own problems into perspective.

[spameater1]

Canny stop crying aboot the two weans,could be anybody's Weans/Grandweans,Time for all countries,no just European(Time for all Rich Arab Countries(Dhuba,Abi Dhabi Kuwait Saudi) to be counted and put troops in on the ground and wipe out these IS Sycopaths off the face off the Earth.

[tarapoa]

When Dubrovnik was bombed in the Balkans War in the 90s the world woke up - despite much worse happening in Vukovar, it was more of a shock to the world to see the medieval fortified city in flames. The world then slowly started acting.

This poor young lad and the image of him on the beach is the 'Dubrovnik' of this situation.

By all accounts Syria was a nice enough country to live in during years gone by - fairly secular and advanced by middle east standards - but now you combine the brutality or Assad and ISIL in the one landmass.
The EU countries and others all need to agree to take their fair share - as difficult as that may be to cope with.