Aylan Kurdi's Death On The Immigration Or Refugee Crisis: Case Study

2.2. Influence of Aylan Kurdi’s death on the Immigration or Refugee Issue
The photograph of a small child caused outrage on international level reminding the Europe of being irresponsible regarding the refugee issues. Prime Minister of Britain David Cameron claimed that he is deeply moved by the images of Aylan Kurdi. The family of Aylan were found to be among thousands of refugees trying to reach Greece and based on the European border agency named as Frontex, more than twenty thousand people arrived Greece using sea route in 2015. The refugee agency of UN named as UNHCR claimed that more than two hundred thousand people used the dangerous sea route across the Mediterranean in the year 2015 and they are from the countries under influence
Prime Minister David Cameron was criticised for his answer to the refugee crisis of Europe was not taking more into the country but trying to bring peace and stability to the Middle East. After few hours, this shocking picture of an innocent child emerged. The spokesman from government reflected that the images from the beach of Bodrum were shocking but the UK was at the leading position of providing aid for refugees while being the major donor of aid. After the emergence of this picture, David Cameron claimed that Britain would be fulfilling its moral responsibilities towards this issue. All the political members of the UK turned towards accepting more than ten thousand Syrian refugees within a month after the incidence of Aylan Kurdi. The newspapers of the UK were flooded with the surge in support for the refugees showing the lifeless Aylan’s picture (Warburton, 2015; Pollock, et al.,
De Vreese (2005) highlighted that media framing is based on the concept of ways through which problem is characterised in news reports having an influence on the interpretations of audience for the story. The way people explain knowledge is an addition to the framing theory and it is found to be a micro level and macro level constructs. As a macro construct, the term framing is referred to as the modes of presentation that journalists as well as other communicators are used for presenting the information in a way resonating with underlying representations among their audiences (Chong & Druckman, 2007). The journalists use framing as a way for reducing complexities within the story. Micro construct reflects how people use received information for forming impression about the issue. Each of these variables is known for their contribution to the view of people regarding certain issues. Media possess a significant power for generating specific reaction from people by the way through which story is depicted (Cissel,