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The U.K. just showed the world exactly how to respond to a refugee crisis

On Wednesday, images of a Syrian boy who washed up on the Turkish shore went viral after he drowned during a failed attempt to flee his war-torn country. While some debated the ethics of disseminating such photographs, one outcome is undeniably positive: The world is reacting.

As of Thursday morning, a U.K. government and parliament petition entitled “Accept more asyl...