Aylan: Last death on the highway to hope

Come, let me tell you about the current situation on the Aegean Sea where Aylan died: The trafficking is so intense that disasters like the one lived on the boat where Aylan died occurring is less of a surprise than them not happening. In wars, first the truths die, then the children. Aylan was the latest death!

He was 3-years-old. I know? There were "important" discussions on "How can a photograph of a child of 3 years of age whose body washed up on the shore be shared on social media? Can it be "liked?" How can the photograph printed full-size on a newspaper for the entire week?

Let's leave these discussions for those sitting in their homes. Come, let me tell you about the current situation on the Aegean Sea where Aylan died.

Last week, I spent a few days inside this "upcoming" disaster. There is a highway of hope established in the Aegean. Let me put it this way; the hope traders have evolved from "small businesses" to "holdings." When dusk sets, an international stir begins in the bays of Bodrum, especially ones closer to Greece. Thousands of children, men and women from all nations, of all age (no exaggerations), put custom-made plastic refugee boats, cram in it and try to make it across in God's good grace. The trafficking is so intense that disasters, like the one on the boat where Aylan died, occurring is less of a surprise than them not happening.

Human trafficking is now very easy

The desperation and entrapment of these people, who have perhaps never seen the sea before, is so great that even "death" lying in wait in the dark waters of the Aegean Sea does not frighten them.

On this journey, supervision has decreased while the numbers have increased. Things are done so out in the...