[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes, they had tried before too, they tried the official way to get to Canada but had been refused so decided to pay traffickers and go illegally, well in fact the father's cousin revealed that he was steering the boat and in fact was a people smuggler himself!

"One Australian politician blamed the father for the death of the boy when the Australian Parliament debated the refugee issue. Senator Cory Bernardi told Australia’s Parliament he was not swayed by “these emotive arguments, and in particular to characterise this as some sort of humanitarian mission”.

While acknowledging that the boy’s death was a tragedy, he said: “That boy and his family had lived in Turkey for three years. The money for that boy’s father to pay the people smugglers was sent from Canada.” He added, “The father sent them on that boat so the father could get dental treatment. They were in no fear, they were in no persecution and they were in no danger in Turkey.”


http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/07/st...ed-syrian-boy/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-0...eople-smuggler
http://www.express.co.uk/comment/exp...ch-Aylan-Kurdi

He couldn't support his family in Turkey, not a great move but desperate people do desperate things, it's nice to look down and judge these people from the comfort of a good lifestyle, isn't it?