Just to put it bluntly, these are not refugees from Syria, these are refugees from neighboring Ukraine - I mean that, quite frankly is part of it is they're white and Christian - NBC News
This isn't a place, with all due respect, you know like Iraq or Afghanistan, that has seen conflict raging for decades, you know? This is a relatively civilized, relatively European - I have to choose those words carefully too - uh where you wouldn't expect that or hope that it's going to happen - CBS News
Now the unthinkable has happened to them. This is not a developing third world nation. This is Europe. - ITV
It's very emotional to me because I see European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed - an interviewee on BBC News