9 u) p( N9 y( ?9 k( z7 v) p/ Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb歐洲難民潮持續,大量難民在地中海船難中死亡。周三有攝影師拍到一名敘利亞男童伏屍土耳其一沙灘上,引發網上極大迴響。全球各傳媒紛紛刊出相片,且未有加工遮掩男童容貌,部分報章更明言,希望透過相片引發大眾關注難民情況。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 k# n0 Y; f R6 I
: ^: M# B& _& @" h, ^; n公仔箱論壇這輯相片在星期三拍攝,可見一名紅衣藍褲的小男孩俯臥沙灘上,面部半掩在水中,一名土耳其警員在旁查看。小男孩的面容清晰可見,相片非常震撼人心。另一張相片,警員已將男孩小小身軀抱起。5.39.217.77:8898/ |0 k \. x4 h: r
當地傳媒報道指,死者是一名3歲的敘利亞男童Aylan Kurdi,他5歲的哥哥屍體同樣在附近地方被發現。他們生前正試圖跨越地中海並前往希臘的科斯島,以在歐洲展開新生活。 1 e' m; c5 F# x& E8 g7 ^公仔箱論壇+ K+ P6 N0 p8 @% Y 歐洲多份報章 直接刊出男童死相 ( } E2 \% Z: W. R% N公仔箱論壇 * r1 H! c( ]4 P; j& Z( \1 b公仔箱論壇由於相片涉及兒童屍體,根據以往做法外媒通常都會加工圖片,將男童容貌遮掩。不過今次全球各地多個國際媒體,都未有作加工,將相片清晰刊出,甚至放在報章頭版作大幅報道。1 L# x& ` q0 H* Z& F. z
8 z1 F' Y8 ]9 Z9 L2 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb英國多個大型媒體,都有刊出今次引起爭議的相片。其中《衛報》的報道就附加了警告字眼,表明文章內的相片可能引起讀者不安。《獨立報》的報道,更特別解釋了刊出相片的原因,「《獨立報》決定發布這些相片,因為在一片有關『持續移民危機』的言論之中,很容易會忘記了難民正面臨的絕望情況」。公仔箱論壇0 i. Z( h H2 R/ {# n7 J
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美國《洛杉磯時報》和《華盛頓郵報》都有刊出爭議相片,未有加工遮掩男童容貌。洛杉磯時報的副總編Kim Murphy解釋,編輯部高層對有關做法有共識,「圖片不是冒犯性、不是血腥、不是無味。它是令人心碎的,是一個鮮明的證詞,去揭開在在敘利亞、土耳其、歐洲發生的人類悲劇」。公仔箱論壇3 r% }* W. I: w
% o9 }1 Z* G+ }5 d7 B V公仔箱論壇美國兩大報章《紐約時報》及《華爾街日報》就未有刊出該爭議性相片,而選擇刊出另一張土耳其警員抱起男孩的圖片,相中未能清晰看到男孩面容,爭議性明顯較低。不過《紐約時報》執行編輯Dean Baquet仍形容,刊出的照片力量強大,足以顯示了今次悲劇的嚴重性。 4 }3 Y' w& R! e' k/ ?& {2 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ! S I' P9 c7 t4 O9 P各地傳媒的做法在網上引發爭論。有記者在Twitter上發表意見,認為有必要這樣刊出相片,令大眾了解了敘利亞戰爭及歐洲庇護難民方面引發的問題。不過亦有傳媒人擔心過份報道該相片,會令人覺得報章是消費這個轟動圖像,並從中獲利,影響大眾對傳媒的觀感。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( \( o7 J9 S$ n" j1 N
& ^- G8 P) \/ L8 q各人生前正乘坐橡皮艇前往希臘,橡皮艇當時超載著17人,在地中海翻倒。船上最少有12人死亡。 - {) r3 N! y% g* C- P5.39.217.77:8898 ! A) F1 @: J4 g, h5 j6 n5 E6 s3 c0 t3 U& m有報道就發現Kurdi一家原來有親戚現居於加拿大,並一直希望移居加拿大和親友團聚。其中一名親戚Teema Kurdi在20多年前來到溫哥華,她向傳媒透露有親友日前接到了男童父親Abdullah的電話,證實其妻子和兩名兒子都已經離世,又指他現在無意繼續旅途,只希望能返回家鄉,好好安葬家人。 5 o$ e, c5 E" f/ A7 _: U2 `& T, f公仔箱論壇: O/ K) ?6 g# b9 X; \6 g
Teema Kurdi又表示自己一直協助這家人離開敘利亞,包括申請他們前來加拿大,但至6月有關申請被當局拒絕。小男孩一家在別無選擇之下,決定乘坐偷渡船離開敘利亞,造成今次悲劇。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 q: D3 ?, U! G9 [: }6 `6 \
Teema Kurdi的申請如果成功,就可以讓難民移居加拿大。當局要求難民至少要獲得五位加拿大公民的金錢援助,以確保他們到達後有足夠的經濟支援,不過當局只接受正式有難民身份的人士申請。 & a6 x5 H" v: Z& j5 [& u2 i1 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 A6 t3 K+ B, P5 X' B
男童伏屍沙灘的相片,引發全球關注難民正面對的困境。全球各傳媒紛紛刊出相片,且未有「打格」遮掩男童容貌,部分報章更明言,希望透過相片引發大眾關注難民情況。/ z0 A4 Z1 u1 N3 ?* a
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6 @6 r7 e0 p* z0 \ 8 V* S; ~) J" X- ^( T, Y公仔箱論壇 Like countless others around the world, Tima Kurdi and Rocco Logozzo had seen the horrifying image -- that of a little boy, his body limp and lifeless, face down on a Turkish beach. Their hearts sank. 7 { I8 |. x! z1 g5 }' k公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇. d* d4 ^; `% ~5 _3 d' o. f
The phone in the couple's Coquitlam, B.C., home rang hours later to deliver the grim news: Kurdi's sister-in-law and her two little boys were dead, drowning as they tried to reach Europe after paying smugglers with the money Kurdi had personally sent to the family from Canada. + B3 P' G. \6 O( {公仔箱論壇 ; D" Q) l: }1 S; u# f1 ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The dead boy on the beach was her three-year-old nephew, Alan. The harrowing photo has since become a heartbreaking symbol of the plight of Syrian refugees.* j- `4 f) a1 R$ W* x
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Kurdi, who came from Syria to Canada more than two decades ago, says she'd hoped to bring her brothers and their families here to escape the horrors of a vicious regime.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 h2 ~- K* X. r! S* W/ e" z
+ `, {3 C) u& r. B6 y "The love of my life is gone and nobody in the world can bring them back," Tima told The Canadian Press, sobbing into her hands as she sat on her living-room couch on Thursday. "My heart is bleeding right now."TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 Q$ K/ G" Q1 U
The boys' father, Abdullah Kurdi, described the journey to The Associated Press. 8 q$ e& C5 @7 W5 E% ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb He said the family piled into an overloaded boat in Bodrum, Turkey headed for the Greek island of Kos./ f$ e$ v8 _* M+ u7 g1 @4 f
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The boat's captain panicked due to high waves and jumped into the sea, Abdullah Kurdi said, leaving him in control of the small craft with his family and other migrants aboard.! t5 n5 H; b( x0 o
4 V0 Q" `: u; A4 @1 D" b$ Z* P1 ~ "I took over and started steering. The waves were so high and the boat flipped. I took my wife and my kids in my arms and I realized they were all dead," he said. "All I want is to be with my children at the moment."公仔箱論壇6 U: Y% D" A, Z. {! M$ ~1 [: n
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The small boat was overloaded with 12 migrants and the Turkish captain, he added. It was only at sea for four minutes when the captain abandoned the craft, Kurdi said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' z. `& m! a i6 G- J/ t
) P1 R$ Y+ S8 sTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 "My kids were the most beautiful children in the world, wonderful, they wake me up every morning to play with them. They are all gone now," he said. 1 ]' r& Z. J/ E6 R u6 l5.39.217.77:8898 In Canada, his sister, Tima, burst into tears with her family and friends by her side as she scrolled through photographs of her nephews. , y1 v W- X; g% ITVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 "I want to give my brother Abdullah's message to the world," said Tima. "He said, 'It has to be my kids so the world will wake up."' $ }( {2 O, z6 o8 _- y! Q `8 Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb Abdullah is en route back to Syria to bury his wife and two children in the same city they attempted to escape, she added. ^! ^0 G1 i9 |公仔箱論壇6 C$ x5 ^6 q" [, P% v+ m
"He doesn't care," she said. "He said, 'I have three coffins with me so if something happens to me they can bury me beside them and then we'll be four."' ' \4 G7 V* }: c The family's agonizing ordeal dominated Canada's election campaign on Thursday, especially when Rocco Logozzo, Kurdi's husband, told The Canadian Press that the family had put in a private sponsorship request for the boys and their parents but was turned down in June. ! Q3 h0 e' S, @% l! _公仔箱論壇 3 @+ m4 w! g1 q$ B& u4 x" n He assailed Canada's refugee system as ineffectual, adding his family had money and plenty of room to house the Kurdi boys and their parents in Coquitlam, B.C.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 s) r+ w* Q) {4 H* z ^( G
Within hours, however, Citizenship and Immigration Canada said it received no refugee application from the father of the two drowned boys.5.39.217.77:8898/ g# Z9 D' s2 T3 X, u5 F
It did, however, receive an application for Abdullah Kurdi's brother, Mohammed, but said it was incomplete and did not meet regulatory requirements for proof of refugee status recognition. ) H% n/ C q" v/ Y 3 u0 ?: {: M# O$ H5.39.217.77:8898 Tima Kurdi confirmed later in the day that her family had only made an official request for Mohammed Kurdi, explaining she and her husband could only afford to sponsor one brother. They planned to apply for Mohammed first and subsequently bring Abdullah and his family to Canada.$ S2 `/ D% W7 D+ @3 e
# F1 F/ X% v- `7 Q% o# H0 ]$ M公仔箱論壇 Her distraught recounting of her attempts to bring her family members to Canada underscored the desperation and difficulties that confront would-be refugee claimants and their families.5.39.217.77:8898+ y* z& A: V: p4 ^( h( m! L% c
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She said it was impossible to secure all the necessary documents for her brother, Mohammed, given the dire situation in Syria.公仔箱論壇/ O- W: j# ]* ~' a
"How would you feel when people are running from the border and the Turkish border guards are shooting in the air? What would you do?" she said. t6 i+ {# H- s% x
Because she suspected an application for Abdullah would have been rejected on similar grounds, Tima said she decided to send money to bring the family across the Mediterranean by boat. % C2 S" x1 [4 {+ b7 `3 c5 B7 @5 dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.77:8898# N! B- M! V/ v+ I7 i- Q
"I'm not asking the government to spend money on them," said Kurdi. "I sent him the money to cross the water." ( h( h: U# ^' k2 Q, l5.39.217.77:8898 She added a B.C. politician personally delivered a letter to Chris Alexander, the citizenship and immigration minister, asking for help.5.39.217.77:8898+ {2 ~0 Y/ _& u; R1 M" M
The NDP candidate, Fin Donnelly, said the letter to Alexander reflected the family's attempts to bring both Abdullah and Mohammed Kurdi's families to Canada. He said he delivered the letter to Alexander in March, but denied telling media organizations that the federal government had turned down the family's sponsorship request.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! Y. D1 I: z r5 m$ h1 ~' }
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Logozzo, meantime, said the Kurdis were desperate. $ ~" b! h* v: K6 L( D: l $ p- Q1 N3 Y* S "When they heard (the refugee application) failed, they lost all hope, and in a desperate situation, you make all these wrong decisions," Logozzo said as he explained why his relatives opted to get on the boat to try to get to Europe. 7 t' p& ?* c8 I The Kurdi boys and their mother were among at least 12 migrants, including five children, who drowned Wednesday when two boats carrying them to the Greek island of Kos capsized.5.39.217.77:8898. q7 c/ D' R0 B, q$ ?6 {
9 }: y% M6 \+ a" h' E: U4 s) `4 g# r Alexander, who suspended his campaign to return to Ottawa to deal with the crisis, said he was "deeply saddened" by the image of the drowned boy.5.39.217.77:8898# s+ A9 ?4 e$ N! f! P- k
He added Prime Minister Stephen Harper has set a target for Canada to accept 23,000 Iraqis refugees and 11,300 Syrians. , X) }: P7 A3 y "Of that number Canada has already resettled nearly 22,000 Iraqis and 2,300 Syrians," Alexander said.' ~: h4 r. b- G! n8 `% T3 `- p
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When asked about Kurdi's letter, Alexander said that he passed it on to his department, where it was "treated expeditiously, and in the same way that any other correspondence and application would be treated." 2 J# m4 M+ h# Q% X/ [5 WTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% M6 d/ L) c% I
"Let's be clear, the application was for Mohammed Kurdi and his family...it was not rejected or turned down, it was returned to the applicant with a request for additional documentation." 1 z2 j+ l/ {. d; @, J7 y k; o: v. ?& D公仔箱論壇 Harper, for his part, was emotional in Surrey, B.C., when he recalled seeing the photo of Alan Kurdi's lifeless body on a sunny seashore.公仔箱論壇$ [5 b! e( l/ w; h+ P
"The first thing that crossed our mind was remembering our own son Ben at that age running around," Harper said, his voice breaking. "It brings tears to your eye." ; O3 L$ @" p& X$ d7 J4 }' o( ] About 250,000 people have been killed and more than one million wounded in Syria since March 2011, according to UN officials. More than half the country's population has been displaced, including more than four million who have fled Syria.5.39.217.77:8898: ^" B. s6 O) L- \
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The route between the Turkish community of Bodrum and Kos -- just a few kilometres -- is one of the shortest from Turkey to the Greek islands, but remains dangerous. Hundreds of migrants a day attempt the perilous sea crossing despite the risks. 4 s9 v+ b W/ A! ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb A UN panel reported Thursday that more than 2,000 Syrians have drowned in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe since 2011 and said there's no end in sight to Syria's civil war.公仔箱論壇# {' L& @4 a, m* F, p" @" A
TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" {$ w9 j; M# P2 G With files from The Associated Press% s2 [9 R& k# m2 Z5 W
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