Aylan Kurdi Buried in Syria As Refugees Defy Hungary Border

Aylan Kurdi Buried in Syria As Refugees Defy Hungary Border

The father of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler that has become a symbol of Europe’s failure to welcome refugees, buried his family in Syria Friday as thousands of refugees marched in defiance of Hungarian borders.

"I will have to pay the price for this the rest of my life," the father Abdullah Kurdi told mourners, after burying his sons 3-year-old Aylan, 5-year-old Galip, and their mother Rehan. The three drowned after two boats capsized while trying to reach Greek shores.

Images depicting Aylan Kurdi lying face down on the shoreline and then being gently carried by an official have provoked worldwide revulsion and calls for Europe to take drastic action to accept more refugees from the war-torn country.

"We want the world’s attention on us, so they can prevent the same from happening to others. Let this be the last," Kurdi said Thursday when recovering the bodies in Turkey.

Despite global calls to bring an end to what has been dubbed the world’s deadliest border, the toll of refugees losing their lives in their attempts to reach Europe continues to rise. On Friday, the International Organisation for Migration reported that at least 30 more refugees are feared to have drowned off the Libyan coast.

The tragedy and the indignation that followed has put pressure on European nations to alter their migration policy but sharp divisions in the union have stalled any significant action.

Meanwhile, refugees stuck in Hungary continue to defy border security in their attempt to reach Austria and Germany.

Thousands of refugees have reportedly started walking to Austria after being refused entry to trains departing to Western Europe. The 202-kilometers walk could take refugees up to 41 hours. Some were on crutches, while some parents carried their children on their shoulders.

"We are very happy that something is happening at last, The next stop is Austria. The children are very tired, Hungary is very bad, we have to go somehow," a 23-year-old Osama from Syria told AFP.

Another group of 500 refugees have defiantly remained inside a train for a second day after Hungarian riot police forced hundreds of refugees from the train and put them into camps on Thursday. 

Hungarian police have reportedly also resorted to racial profiling by indiscriminately removing people of color from regular trains in their operations against refugees, according to journalists on social media.

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1.toddler 嬰孩

2.defiance 蔑視

3.mourners 送葬者

4.capsized 翻船

5.revulsion 厭惡

6.indignation 憤慨

7.defy 違抗

8.riot 暴動

9.drastic 激烈

10.resorted 採取

when-no

where-Hungarian borders

what-thousands of refugees marched in defiance of Hungarian border.

who-  Aylan,refugees

how-provoked worldwide revulsion