Heartbreaking! Body of drowned Syrian child is washed up on Turkish beach

That unfortunately is the body of a Syrian child who apparently drowned in the sea as he & his family made their way by boat to the Greek Island of Kos. His body was found washed ashore this morning.

The boy pictured lying face down in the sand on a Turkish beach as an official stands over him.

He is one of 11 Syrian refugees believed to have died after they drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean on two boats bound for the Greek island of Kos.