The trip to Europe is incredibly dangerous, it&#x27;s much safer for the young men to come first to find a way to help the rest of the family to flee more safely. Germany until recently had a program specifically for that.<p>Additionally men are drafted by the Syrian government. In other words there are areas in Syria that are fairly safe for children, women and the elderly that aren&#x27;t all that safe to be in, if you&#x27;re a men and have no means to escape the draft.<p>All of that combined means that you have a bias towards male refugees, especially when it comes to images you see in the media of refugees fleeing with boats.