Surge of donations follows tragic photos
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CHARITIES helping refugees saw a surge in donations across Europe yesterday as people shocked by the images of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach dug deep to help out.
As the International Olympic Committee launched a 2 million euro (US$2.2 million) fund, money flooded into the coffers of organizations working to help refugees fleeing Iraq and Syria.
The photos of the lifeless body of Aylan Kurdi triggered a wave of emotion across the continent, despite deep divisions among European governments on how to deal with the crisis.
“There is an enormous response from the public, the tide of indifference is shifting,” said Christian Peregrin, spokesman for the Malta-based Migrant Offshore Aid Station.
“We have all been touched by the terrible news and the heartbreaking stories in the past few days,” the International Olympic President Thomas Bach said. “Our thoughts are with the many refugees risking their lives and the lives of their families to escape danger.”
The UN refugee agency UNHCR said that since Thursday it has “received a hundred thousand dollars of unsolicited funding on our global donate page, which we are sure was largely due to the photo of the Syrian toddler,” said spokeswoman Melissa Fleming.
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