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Death threats and online abuse have forced a German charity to abandon plans to name a second rescue ship after one of the young Syrian brothers who drowned in the Mediterranean in 2015.
Aid group Sea-Eye said it had reported the abuse to police and shelved plans to name the new vessel after Ghalib Kurdi, the boy, 5, who died with his brother Alan, 3, off the coast of Turkey when their boat capsized.
The photograph of the lifeless body of Alan lying face down on a sandy beach made front pages around the world and highlighted the plight of Syrian refugees risking their lives travelling to Europe in boats operated by people smugglers. His mother also died in the crossing.