Friday, August 28, 2015

71 dead in Austria were from Syria

Recently I wrote that I believed at least 5 people die trying to get to Europe for every one that makes it. I'm thinking now after reading a lot more that the true number might be closer to 10 people dying for every one that makes it to Europe. So, the amazing thing really is how many people choose this outcome. Things must be impossible to live with to face these kinds of odds and to still choose to go to Europe by Boat or overland. To choose this outcome with only a 10% chance of success and even staying alive at all.

The refugee tragedy in Austria shows the range of Syria's civil war

Washington Post - ‎11 hours ago‎
Reports suggest that the majority of the 71 people who died of suffocation inside a truck found this week in Austria were refugees from Syria. If confirmed, the grisly incident would be yet another bloody episode in Syria's brutal civil war. The ...

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