It was horrific to see the child laying face down dead on the beach but everyone believes the family were refugees. The father, Alan, was an economic migrant trying to sneak into Europe by risking his family and many others by crossing the sea in overcrowded flimsy rafts. He was a human smuggler and as of now being tried i Turkey in absentia. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/two-smugglers-be-tried-drowning-syrian-refugee-toddler-1163378056