by Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, The Washington Post
Whether one looks at numbers or images, the tragedy at, and inside, Europe’s borders could hardly be deeper. From the father selling pens to support his family to the diabetic girl who died because the human-trafficker threw her insulin into the sea, from the 71 refugees found dead in a truck in Austria to the devastating image of 3-year-old Aylan Kurd, washed ashore in seeming slumber but in fact breathless and motionless forever, Europe has been struck by tragedy of the highest kind.
Don’t blame Europe for the refugee crisis
