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STORY: UNHCR / ALAN KURDI DEATH ONE YEAR
TRT: 01:36
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR / PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 SEPTEMBER 2016, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
FILE - UNICEF - SEPTEMBER 2015, LESBOS, GREECE
1. Wide shot, beach is filled with life jackets and inflatable boats
2. Wide shot, refugees arriving by boat
3. Wide shot, refugees arriving by boat
4. Wide shot, volunteers helping refugees off the boat
02 SEPTEMBER 2016, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
5. SOUNDBITE (English) William Spindler, Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
“Last year the world was moved by the images of a little boy, Alan Kurdi, whose body was found on a beach in Turkey. Since then more children, women and men have died at sea. We estimate that 11 men, women and children have died every single day in the Mediterranean since the death of Alan Kurdi. 2016 is so far the deadliest year for refugees, on record.”
FILE - UNICEF - SEPTEMBER 2015, LESBOS, GREECE
6. Various shots, volunteers helping refugees off the boat
7. Med shot, girl eats fruit on the beach
8. Close up, baby lies on his mother’s lap
9. Close up, mother cradles child in her arms
10. Wide shot, deflated boat on the shore
11. Wide shot, pile of life jackets
12. Med shot, pile of life jackets
13. Wide shot, silhouette of volunteers helping refugees
A year ago today, the world was moved by the photograph of Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi who drowned when his family, like hundreds of thousands of other refugees, desperately trying to reach safety in Europe.
United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson William Spindler said that since the little boy’s death, “more children, women and men have died at sea,” adding that “2016 is so far the deadliest year for refugees, on record.”
UNHCR estimates that since Kurdi’s death, 4,176 people have died or gone missing on the Mediterranean - an average of 11 men, women and children perishing every single day over the last 12 months.
