In September 2015, The Independent devoted their front page to three-year-old Aylan Kurdi – a Syrian refugee, whose dead body was washed ashore in Turkey after his boat capsized before it could reach the safety of Kos.

Airstrikes against ISIL will be a knowing breach of international law by David Cameron, a Manchester University expert has warned ahead of Parliament’s vote on military intervention in Syria today.

Oldham charity volunteer pleads for help as 70 Syrians are denied burial in Lesbos.