This photographer has taken a picture of a Syrian father that sums up the migrant crisis

Laith Majid from Syria and his family were photographed by Daniel Etter as they arrived on Kos from Turkey.

This photographer has taken a picture of a Syrian father that sums up the migrant crisis

You may have already seen this powerful photograph of a family of migrants arriving by boat to Greece - it has gone viral since being featured in the New York Times.

Taken by freelance photographer Daniel Etter at around 4.30am, it shows a family of Syrian migrants arriving on the Greek Island of Kos. The father, Laith Majid from Deir Ezzor, clutches his two children to him, crying, as he lands on the beach with his wife after a perilous journey across the Med

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