Hebdo – 'What would little Aylan have grown up to be? Ass groper in Germany'. Don't be apalled you just don't get it pic.twitter.com/LIYJEYjydy — Nesrine Malik (@NesrineMalik) January 13, 2016

Drowned migrant Alan Kurdi would have turned into a sex pest.

That’s one of the messages behind a cartoon in the current edition of Charlie Hebdo.

Unsurprisingly, it’s caused a bit of a backlash with people widely criticising the illustration.

Of course, it is referring to two events – the Syrian boy whose body was found on a Turkish beach last year and the New Year’s Eve sex attacks by migrants on women in Cologne.


Alan Kurdi’s body was found washed up on a beach in Turkey (Picture: AP)

Disgusting, no defending this. Charlie Hebdo cartoon on dead Syrian child sparks anger @AJENews https://t.co/1p8bFhVDTT — Gerry Moloney (@gerrymoloney) January 14, 2016

Those Charlie Hebdo cartoonists really do come across as insufferable pricks. I don't understand their motivation. — Berk On A Bike (@Berk_On_A_Bike) January 14, 2016

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The picture has the caption: ‘What would have become of little Aylan had he grown up? A bum groper in Germany’.



The magazine has said it is actually satirising Islamophobes and people who oppose migration.

However, some have accused the magazine of racism and called the image ‘disgusting’.

Charlie Hebdo was attacked last January by Isis militants who killed 12 people.

I'm all for satire but there needs to be a line somewhere-this cover is tasteless and disgusting! #CharlieHebdo https://t.co/pCEO3c72Mh — Ramona Aning (@RamonaAning) January 14, 2016