Was sat on my better half's sofa last night, idle chat turned to silence as we watched the harrowing scene of the poor 3 yr old drowned on the beach.
More shocking was that ITV news decided to show his body, face down on the beach. As shock turned to anger at ITV for showing such an appalling shocking photo, the story continued to Hungary where migrants where allowed to board a train, believing it was destined to Germany only to find they were off to a processing detention centre. More shocking scenes of desperate people in desperate times. My opinion changed somewhat when they started demanding to go to Germany though. What rights do they have to do so? No papers, no ID, no passports. All done deliberately so they cannot be returned to their Country of origin.
BUT - why are they doing this? Who has said that Germany, UK indeed the rest of Europe is the place for them?
I understand that they are fleeing atrocities in their own Country, but what i've clearly missed is the reason behind this sudden surge/influx of migrants in their thousands fleeing and demanding to be allowed into the EU.
No solution here, just shock and anger at what sometimes is mindless headline grabbing news companies taking advantage of appalling scenes. Surely the message must get to them that the grass isnt greener and there is a huge risk to life if they continue to try and cross borders
Something has to be done to prevent a repeat of yesterday, which I fear is only the tip of the iceberg of what is going to happen in the coming days.
All of the above taken in to consideration, my thoughts are with those families that have lost their loved ones in such a shocking way.
