As the weeks go on, I am progressively learning how truly complex the Migrant crisis is. No wonder it is so hard to “fix” ; attacking every facet and successfully resolving the associated issues is close to impossible. Most of the that reasons migrants are unable to seek asylum are purely based on human nature and sociological factors that are innate. Ticktin’s article, “What’s Wrong with Innocence?” discusses one of them, which deals with the hierarchical makeup and ever-changing context of innocence. Most of the time, aspects of a person that are hard or impossible to change are judged by others and instantly pre-determine if they will be successful in achieving asylum or migrant status. Innocence is strongly correlated with sympathy, so if the migrant appears the same as the population of the country or region that they want to go to, the likelihood that they will be admitted or at least paid attention to, skyrockets. This phenomenon was seen when little Aylan was washed ashore in Turkey, wearing Western style clothes and appearing to be of fairer skin. While the US and EU might feel guilty or more eager to help directly after, there is no telling when the stigma associated with that particular group will remain the same for much longer. For instance, in that moment, the world felt a great amount of sadness for the migrants and nations were determined to work harder to somehow help out, but then say, one day later a Turkish immigrant bombs an airport and the stigma is instantly reversed. We see how powerful one single person can have on how the entire world perceives their race and culture. I thought this point that she brought up was incredibly interesting and made me realize that most of this crisis is perpetuated by non-tangible factors, not ones that can easily be fixed monetarily.