The background of Alan Cody’s incident

Abdallah’s family originally lived in the northern Syrian town of Ain al-Arab (also known as Kobani), where there were frequent exchanges of fire between Kurdish armed forces and the "Islamic State", and residents were often killed by armed personnel. Taken hostage.

The straight-line distance by sea from Bodrum to Kos is less than 5 kilometers. Therefore, many Syrian refugees choose to sneak from here to Greece and enter Europe. However, this short 5 kilometers has become the starting point for refugees. The road to death.

In 2014, Abdullah and his family fled to Turkey. Then he paid the "smuggler" twice, but failed to reach the Greek island of Kos. Not wanting to be deceived again, Abdullah and several Syrian refugees obtained a small boat and planned to forcefully cross to Greece. Unexpectedly, the boat capsized due to severe overloading. Turkish authorities subsequently arrested four Syrian "smuggler" suspects.

According to United Nations officials, 250,000 Syrians have died in the civil war since March 2011, and more than half of the population has been displaced. As the civil war intensifies, more than 4 million Syrian residents have fled abroad to escape the war, most of them destined for Europe and North America. Many people died in the Mediterranean while fleeing.