Aylan Kurdi Is Part of a Lost Generation

WAVE OF HUMANITY

The little boy who washed up on a Turkish beach was one of 13 million kids who aren’t going to school because of war, the UN says.

Published Sep. 3 2015 11:19AM EDT

articles/2015/09/03/aylan-kurdi-is-part-of-a-lost-generation/150903-nadeau-migrants-tease_p1obfv — Murad Sezer/Reuters

The little boy whose lifeless body photographed on a beach in Turkey sparked the kind of outcry that is long overdue has a name. He is 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi, and a different published

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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Aylan Kurdi Is Part of a Lost Generation

The little boy who washed up on a Turkish beach was one of 13 million kids who aren’t going to school because of war, the UN says.

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Barbie Latza Nadeau