Assignment 4- Nicole Loy

This image shows a 2-year-old refugee who washed up on the shores of Turkey after traveling across the Mediterranean sea in September 2015 to escape Syria. This picture is representative of a growing problem in Europe. Many countries have limited the amount of refugees they will allow to enter their country, forcing many refugees to travel across the Mediterranean- a costly and dangerous journey. More than 2,600 people died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in 2015, making the area the most deadly migrant crossing point in the world, according to the International Organization for Migration. This picture shocked and deeply disturbed many people around the world, as it shows the severity of the problems with the refugee crisis, and Europe's unwillingness to help past a certain extent. It troubled people that children as young as this were dying, and made people question the humanity of the countries that were not helping with the refugee crisis.