Young and old, they seek to escape poverty, violence and injustice. But the individual stories of refugees rarely get told. Instead they often become an anonymous abstraction. The number of refugees globally has almost doubled since 2012 to about 80 million. The majority of these people are li displaced in their own countries. Very few of their stories ever make it into the public domain. But in the rare cases when it happens, they have a powerful effect. None more so than the tragic fate of 3yearold alan kurdi. The tragic exodus of the kurdi family ended at this beach near the turkish village of akyarlar. The mother, father, and their two children, were trying to reach the greek island of kos in a rubbeber boat. [rushingng waves] but the e boat capsized. Little alan, his b brother, ghalib, and eir momother rehanna drowned. Only Abdullah Kurdidi survive. The boat capsized after people stood up. I held my wifes hand. We had lifife jackets and trtd to keep our children out of the water,
Young and old, they seek to escape poverty, violence and injustice. But the individual stories of refugees rarely get told. Instead they often become an anonymous abstraction. The number of refugees globally has almost doubled since 2012 to about 80 million. The majority of these people are displaced in their own countries. Very few of their stories ever make it into the public domain. But in the rare cases when it happens, they have a powerful effect. None more so than the tragic fate of 3yearold alan kurdi. The tragic exodus of the kurdi family ended at this beach near the turkish village of akyarlar. The mother, father, and their two children, were trying to reach the greek island of kos in a rububber boat. [rushihing waves] but ththe boat capsized. Little alan, hisis brother, ghalib, antheir r mother rehanna drowned. Only abdullah kururdi survive. The boat capsized after people stood up. I held my wifes hand. We had l life jackets and d td to keep our children out of the water, but
Young and old, they seek to escape poverty, violence and injustice. But the individual stories of refugees rarely get told. Instead they often become an anonymous abstraction. The number of refugees globally has almost doubled since 2012 to about 80 million. The majority of these people are displaced in their own countries. Very few of their stories ever make it into the public domain. But in the rare cases when it happens, they have a powerful effect. None more so than the tragic fate of 3yearold alan kurdi. The tragic exodus of the kurdi family ended at this beach near the turkish village of akyarlar. The mother, father, and their two children, were trying to reach the greek island of kos in a rububber boat. [rushihing waves] but ththe boat capsized. Little alan, hisis brother, ghalib, antheir r mother rehanna drowned. Only abdullah kururdi survive. The boat capsized after people stood up. I held my wifes hand. We had l life jackets and d td to keep our children out of the water, but
Young and old, they seek to escape poverty, violence and injustice. But the individual stories of refugees rarely get told. Instead they often become an anonymous abstraction. The number of refugees globally has almost doubled since 2012 to about 80 million. The majority of these people are displaced in their own countries. Very few of their stories ever make it into the public domain. But in the rare cases when it happens, they have a powerful effect. None more so than the tragic fate of 3yearold alan kurdi. The tragic exodus of the kurdi family ended at this beach near the turkish village of akyarlar. The mother, father, and their two children, were trying to reach the greek island of kos in a rububber boat. [rushihing waves] but ththe boat capsized. Little alan, hisis brother, ghalib, antheir r mother rehanna drowned. Only abdullah kururdi survive. The boat capsized after people stood up. I held my wifes hand. We had l life jackets and d td to keep our children out of the water, but
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