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70 Babies Have Died Since Aylan

SHAME

As video circulates of a crew’s failed CPR on a drowned refugee child, nothing has changed and thousands more risk the seas. Why can’t the world pay attention to the escalating tragedy?

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More than 70 babies have drowned since the fragile body of 4-year-old Aylan Kurdi washed up on Turkish shores last month. The outrage over the loss of his young life faded all too soon, but the drive to keep the world focused on the continuing tragedy has not.

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