A non-governmental organization (NGO) in China opened an exhibition in Shanghai this week of paintings by Syrian children to raise awareness about the migrant crisis in the war-torn country. The Chinese Initiative on International Law, an independent NGO, obtained the paintings when its founder Liu Yiqiang and his team researched Syrian refugees in Greece and Turkey. After a request from a refugee centre, Liu's team brought 50 paintings by Syrian children back to China and put 30 of them on display in Shanghai on Monday.