Munster aid worker facing people-smuggling charges for 'reaching out a hand' to help drowning refugees

Seán Binder is facing charges after helping refugees in Lesbos in his role as a rescue diver and trained maritime search and rescuer.

A paramilitary police officer carries the lifeless body of Aylan Kurdi, 3, near the Turkish resort of Bodrum early Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015.

"I have seen babies holding onto empty water bottles in the ocean because they think it will stop them drowning. What would you do if you saw someone struggling in the water? You would reach out a hand to them. You've committed the supposed crime I have."

Seán Binder, 27, is facing a litany of charges in Greece today for work connected to helping refugees in Lesbos in his role as a rescue diver and trained maritime search and rescuer.