In September 2015 the lifeless body of toddler Aylan Kurdi was found washed up on a Turkish beach. He had perished in his family’s attempt to find refuge after escaping the war and terror plaguing their native Syria. Their road from Damascus was one of terrible suffering. Reaction to this little boy’s tragic death ranged from deep grief through to rage. There was something terribly obscene about the death of one so young and vulnerable. He had been robbed of life when it had barely