Topic > Persuasive Essay on Immigration - 1508

The article "The Image of the Child Stops Us in Our Tracks," written in September 2015 by Beth-Giat, reported a horrible tragedy that befell a family. Ben-Ghiat wrote: “Images of migrant suffering and humanitarian rescue have filled our news for more than a year now. They have become so common in the media that we hardly see them. Then comes an image that stops us: a child lying dead on the beach in Türkiye.” Ben-Ghiat says people have become accustomed to tragedies, but those images of the child lying on the beach touch even the hardest person to the core. The image is painful to look at. Imagine if it was someone familiar. The child's mother and brother also died. The only surviving member of the family, the child's father, brought their bodies back from Türkiye to the city the family had fled for burial. The journey doesn't always have a happy ending