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Migrants babies born at Hungarian railway station as bodies of Syrian children wash up in Turkey
- 05:25, 3 September 2015, Updated 07:44, 3 September 2015
- By Natalie Evans , Steve Robson
Two
baby girls were born in filthy conditions outside the station in Budapest and thousands tried to board trains to a better
life in Europe
Their names are Hope and Shelter.
Their names are Hope and Shelter.
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Amid
the chaos and desperation of the spiralling migrant crisis, two babies born in
the shadow of a Hungarian railway station. One
baby girl was reportedly born in an underpass next to the station in the
capital of Budapest.
The
four-day-old infant is believed to have been named Sadan - which means 'the
shelter' - by her parents, who are among thousands desperately trying to board
trains to Germany.
Another
baby girl was born to a widowed refugee mother in a filthy subway after an
ambulance reportedly refused to take her to hospital.
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Desperation:
The makeshift refugee camp at Keleti train station
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She
has been named Shems, which means 'sunlight and hope' in her war-torn homeland.
A
Migration Aid volunteer, who helped deliver her, told the Sun: “She was born
here because the ambulance refused to take her mother to hospital.
“It
was a wonderful moment but it broke my heart it happened in such an awful
place.”
Warning:
Distressing images
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News
of their births emerged as images of two drowned Syrian children revealed thetrue horror of the migrant crisis.
The
bodies of five-year-old Galip Kurdi and his three-year-old brother Aylan wererecovered from a beach in the Turkish resort of Bodrum after washing up on theshore.
The
innocent youngsters were among 12 refugees who drowned after migrant boats sank
while trying to reach Greece
on Monday night.
Reuters
Turkish gendarmerie carries a young migrant, who drowned in a failed attempt to
sail to the Greek island
of Kos
The
local coastguard says the Syrian refugees had crowded onto two inflatable boats
which were launched in darkness in the hope of reaching the holiday island Kos.
It's
a 12-mile boat journey which thousands of Western tourists enjoy each year.
For
them it takes no more than 30 minutes and costs about £20.
But
as these harrowing images reveal, Syrian migrants are paying with their lives.
The
cheap dinghies carrying a total of 23 people - launched from the Akyarlar area
of the Bodrum peninsula - disintegrated in the Mediterranean
sea, sending those on board into the water.
The
confirmed dead included five children and one woman.
Reuters
A Turkish gendarmerie stands next to a young migrant, who drowned in a failed
attempt to sail to the Greek island
of Kos
In
one of the most distressing images to emerge, a little boy wearing a bright red
t-shirt and shorts lies face-down in the surf.
In
a second, a grim-faced policeman carries the tiny body away.
The
images have been shared widely on Twitter, especially in Turkey.
The
hashtag "KiyiyaVuranInsanlik" - "humanity washed ashore" -
became the top trending topic on Twitter.
Seven
people were rescued from the disaster and two reached the shore in lifejackets.
A
Turkish navy official said hopes were fading of saving the two people still
missing.
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The body of a young man is covered as it lies on the shores of the city of Bodrum, in southern Turkey
Tensof thousands of Syrians fleeing the conflict in their homeland have descended
on Turkey's Aegean coast
this summer to board boats to Greece,
their gateway to the European Union.
Labour
leadership contender Yvette Cooper has begged Britain to do more by accepting10,000 refugees and called for a "national mission" to end themisery.
Referencing
today's pictures of the dead Syrian children, the shadow home secretary said:
"When mothers are desperately trying to stop their babies from drowning
when their boat has capsized, when people are being left to suffocate in the
backs of lorries by evil gangs of traffickers and when children's bodies are
being washed to shore, Britain needs to act.
"It
is heartbreaking what is happening on our continent. "We cannot keep
turning our backs on this.
"We
can - and must - do more. If every area in the UK took just 10 families, we could
offer sanctuary to 10,000 refugees. Let's not look back with shame at our
inaction."
Overnight,
migrants desperately trying to reach Britain targeted Eurostar trainsbecause of increased security measures at the Channel Tunnel.
Passengers
stranded in northern France described being "surrounded by migrants"
who blocked tracks and climbed on to train carriages in their efforts to enter
the UK.
National
Pictures Passengers on the Eurostar train in Calais at 2am this morning
Two
trains were forced to turn back, one to London
and one to Paris, while a rescue train was sent
for passengers left in "disgusting" conditions when their service
broke down near Calais.
Gauri
van Gulik, Deputy Europe Director at Amnesty International, called on European
leaders to do more.
He
said: "Europe as a whole is facing its
biggest test of humanity in decades, and so far European leaders are failing
miserably.
"The
crisis is not people coming to Europe, the crisis is Europe’s
woefully inadequate response.
"Our
message to European leaders is clear and consistent – live up to your
international obligations to protect those who need it.
“No
more fences and razor wire. No more tear gas and stun grenades. No more forcing
refugees to die in cramped, hellish conditions on perilous journeys.”
Aid
agencies estimate that, over the past month, about 2,000 people a day have been
making the short crossing to Greece's
eastern islands on rubber dinghies.
Heartbreaking
human face of a tragedy we can no longer ignore
The
distressing picture of the drowned young boy in bright red T-shirt and blue
shorts must be a wake-up call for Europe.
On
our Continent and off its shores a terrible humanitarian tragedy is unfolding
which shames all those Governments, including the British, which turn their
backs on desperate people.
Because
that is who are, as Labour's Yvette Cooper reminded us in a powerful speech,
those we group and too readily dismiss as migrants.
They
are sons, daughters, fathers and mothers. They are that dead boy.
The
dehumanising of the desperate by the likes of David Cameron, the Prime
Minister's "swarm" insult the politically motivated jibe of a cold
heart, or the toxic tub-thumping of Ukip's Nigel Farage will go down in history
as the poisonous indifference of callous politicians to the suffering of the
persecuted.
Europe
must do more. Britain
must do more. Waiting for peace in the Middle East
is the excuse of the coward.
Britain has a proud history of giving refuge. Britons are a
kind, open, generous people.
To
save others let the awful death of that boy be the moment we all stood up to be
counted by doing the right thing.
Live Leak
Hundreds
of Syrians have drowned this year whilst attempting to escape assad's terror
state.
Whilst the numbers of children and infants who have drowned off the coast of Syria is dwarfed by the numbers who have been murdered by regime terror raids, barrel bombings, the eastern Ghouta Sarin nerve gas attack, and forced starvation campaigns, the number is rising very rapidly now.
Earlier this week children began washing ashore at Bodrum, and these images depict four of them.
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