Refugee Crisis: Image that shocked world no deterrent to desperate people

Days after the world’s conscience was shocked by the image of a dead toddler washed up on a Turkish beach, all that was stopping more refugees from making the same crossing was the media frenzy on the shore.

“We saw the picture of the baby, [but] we have no other chance,” said 36-year old Abdulmenem Alsatouf, a father of three who once ran a supermarket in the Syrian city of Idlib.

He is now one of thousands of refugees waiting for their chance to make the 4km nocturnal crossing to the Greek island of Kos from Turkey’s resort of Bodrum, one perilous leg in a journey for which smugglers charge thousands of dollars.