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Three-year-old boy's death recreated by 30 people dressed as Syrian boy on Moroccan beach

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People dressed in red t-shirts and demin shorts lay down on a beach to recreate the moment tragic Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi was found dead.

Around 30 people recreated the discovery of three-year-old's body in tribute in Rabat, Morocco.

The image of Aylan's lifeless corpse slumped on the sand has since sparked international outrage over Europe's migration crisis.

Organiser, Moroccan actress Latifa Ahrar, told MailOnline: "As an artist, my duty is to react and to come here with my colleagues to say that a small gesture can be worth a lot."

Journalist Rachid el-Belghiti added: "We are here to say that the Mediterranean should remain a space for sharing and exchanges, not a barrier for those who are victims of dictatorships, civil wars and terrorism."

The haunting last image of little Aylan Kurdi sleeping peacefully just hours before he drowned while trying to reach Europe with his family emerged earlier this week.

The Syrian boy was said to have been 'happy' and 'so excited' about the prospect of getting to Europe.

But just hours later he had perished at sea and his body was later found washed up on a beach in Bodrum.

His aunt told how Aylan was 'happy' and 'so excited' about finding a new home after his family fled their hometown of Kobane which has been reduced to rubble by the Islamic State.

Four men have been charged over the death of tragic Aylan, his brother Galip and at least 10 other people.

The Syrian men have appeared in court in Turkey accused of causing the death of the tragic children, their mother Rehan and a number of other desperate refugees.

The men, who have not been named, have been charged with smuggling migrants and causing multiple deaths by "conscious negligence" in connection with the horrific capsizing of a boat off the Turkish coast.

Aylan, three, and his brother, five, both drowned with their 35-year-old mother as they desperately attempted to flee their wartorn country.

Heartbreaking photos later showed the tragic children dead on the beach in Bodrum after they were washed up on the shore.

News of the charges come as the boys' father Abdullah Kurdi took the bodies of his children and wife Rehan back to the Syrian Kurdish region they fled to bury them in their hometown of Kobane.

The distraught 40-year-old wept as their bodies were buried alongside each other in the "Martyrs' Ceremony".

With the burial, Mr Abdullah abandoned any plans of leaving his homeland again.

"He only wanted to go to Europe for the sake of his children," said Suleiman Kurdi, an uncle of the grieving father. "Now that they're dead, he wants to stay here in Kobane next to them."

Scores of casually dressed mourners clustered around as the bodies were laid in the dry, bare earth of the Martyrs Cemetery. Clouds of dust rose as dirt was shovelled over the graves.

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