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Ten years ago, the image of the lifeless body of two-year-old Alan Kurdi washed up on the shores of Turkey broke our hearts. It also broke open a surge of empathy which we should remember today, writes Natasha Walter
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hen my friend Ros Ereira posted on Facebook asking people to join her with placards in support of Syrian refugees, she expected about 100 people. Instead, thousands stepped up. Which is how, eleven days after the tragic photograph of Alan Kurdi was beamed around the world, I found myself walking alongside 100,000 people in London, calling on our government to welcome refugees. It was extraordinary to be part of that outpouring of solidarity. And it had an effect – the government agreed to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees.
