In the media debate about the biggest wave of mass-migration since the second world war, most of the protagonists have been dehumanised. At best they are merely numbers. At worst we call them marauders, swarms and cockroaches.
The Journey: A refugee's odyssey from Syria to Sweden
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But Majid is a rare counterpoint. He’s someone whose humanity at last forces one to briefly admit that many of these migrants are people not so different from “us”. And that’s partly what makes his picture so heartbreaking.