A man holds a poster with a drawing depicting a drowned Syrian toddler during a demonstration for refugee rights in Istanbul, Turkey on September 3, 2015. -Reuters
PARIS: The small Syrian boy’s lifeless body on a Turkish beach has fast become one of the defining images of the migrant crisis in Europe and seems to be shifting public opinion.
The photograph of Aylan Kurdi spread rapidly on social media and made the front pages of newspapers across Europe on Thursday, bringing home the human tragedy of a story that has been running for months.
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