Been thinking about one of the other ideas I had in how to adapt the actual issue as the basis of my story, and had a few further thoughts on the Bird idea.
Taking it's iconic status as symbol of hope then, and basing the story on the perilous journey of one single bird, I thought how I might also represent the other factors in regarding my issue, ie: the journey itself, the danger, the risk, the reward, etc.
So if I started with a single tiny bird, obviously reflecting any one of the hundreds of migrants, his journey to escape his life could begin. As he took to the air, he could join a flock who also fly long and far seeking hope. The flock of birds fly to sea, where their real journey begins. They come to land on the back of a whale (representing the train itself, an unwitting host for the long journey), which swims the vast sea and takes them to their destination. But before they make it to the destination, they are attacked by sharks (the cartel), who pick them off one by one, until very few remain, and even fewer reach the end of their journey. Either our initial bird could barely escape just in time, or he could fall prey to the dangers he fought so hard to elude. At this point nothing is concrete.
Although the story seems a little basic like that, it all too conveniently seems to fit my subject matter quite well, drawing many parallels to the real life issue surrounding this, both physically and metaphorically.
I think it's certainly a good starting point anyway, and may put it into storyboard form in order to help bulk it up somewhat.
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