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On August the 28 , the world opened its eyes to a truly heart-
wrenching tragedy. This was an unprecedented incident that became
a milestone in the refugee crisis striking the Europe for a while: a total
of 71 Syrian refugees - 59 men, eight women and four children -
including a young one-year-old girl among them – were found dead
in a truck abandoned on an Austrian motorway.

71 people who had to leave behind their homes, neighborhoods,

jobs, relatives, dreams and hopes only to be crammed into an air-tight
truck used for frozen chicken. A misery that makes you feel a tug on
your heartstrings when one thinks of those mothers, grandfathers and
toddlers who genuinely deserve an honorable and safe life, as befits
any other person in this world. However the war-torn countries in the
Middle East leave these desperate people not a lot of choices other than
opting for a perilous journey in the hope of reaching Europe.

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