Europeans open their hearts to vast numbers of the desperate

By Ruth Pollard
January 3 2016 - 12:15am
Abu Jabar (right) and Um Jabar in the Turkish city of Izmir before they made it to Germany. Photo: Ruth Pollard
Abu Jabar (right) and Um Jabar in the Turkish city of Izmir before they made it to Germany. Photo: Ruth Pollard
Ali Deeb from Latakia in Syria near the refugee camp he is staying at near Braunschweig, Germany.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Ali Deeb from Latakia in Syria near the refugee camp he is staying at near Braunschweig, Germany. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A sign at the Wesley Uniting church in East Maitland. Photo: Ryan Osland
A sign at the Wesley Uniting church in East Maitland. Photo: Ryan Osland
Ali Deeb from Latakia in Syria walks towards the refugee camp he is staying in near Braunschweig, Germany. Ali was one of the 415 people rescued off the Libyan coast by the MY Phoenix Migrant Offshore Aid Station, supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres, on August 26 and taken to Italy. From Italy he made his way to Germany. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Ali Deeb from Latakia in Syria walks towards the refugee camp he is staying in near Braunschweig, Germany. Ali was one of the 415 people rescued off the Libyan coast by the MY Phoenix Migrant Offshore Aid Station, supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres, on August 26 and taken to Italy. From Italy he made his way to Germany. Photo: Kate Geraghty

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