Relatives of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach landed in Vancouver on Monday.
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The three-year-old’s uncle, Mohammed Kurdi, his wife, and their five children arrived at the airport in Vancouver.
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Her other brother and Alan Kurdi’s father, Abdullah Kurdi, declined to come to Canada and now lives in Kurdistan.
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Alan Kurdi’s death sparked global outrage over the refugee crisis after images of his body appeared in September after he drowned, along with his five-year-old brother and their mother, while crossing between Turkey and Greece.
“Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada!” the Kurdi children chanted in English, during an emotional press conference for which Tima Kurdi provided translation from Arabic.
An official with Citizenship and Immigration Canada invited Tima Kurdi to re-apply for Mohammed and his family in mid-October, as the government was no longer asking for difficult-to-obtain United Nations documents.
The reunion comes at the end of a hard year for the family. “Maybe that will change a little bit when I see their smiles and they are safe”, she adds, referring to Mohammad’s family.
Mohammed Kurdi, his wife and their five children touched down in Vancouver shortly before noon.
After working for years to bring her own relatives to Canada, Alan’s death thrust Kurdi into the worldwide spotlight as a spokeswoman for the refugees’ plight.
Earlier this month, Trudeau was in Toronto to greet the first planeload of Syrian refugees sponsored by the Canadian government.
But Mohammed and his family’s reunification – sponsored by his sister Tima – raised hopes of Canada’s commitment to aiding those affected by the conflict in Syria.
In the U.S., more than 30 states have vowed to block any efforts by the government of Barack Obama to settle the 10,000 refugees he has said he will welcome.
Tima Kurdi says she plans to get the children registered in school and have her brother work as a barber alongside her at a hair salon. “But you’re always here”, she said, placing her hand over her heart.
While Tima Kurdi praises Canada for its efforts, she worries already the world is beginning to forget the thousands of people still struggling to escape Syria.
One day, Tima Kurdi hopes that her brother Abdullah will join them.
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Asked what they would do when they arrive at their new home, Kurdi said: “Probably we’re not going to sleep all night, just talk, even though we talk on the phone every day, but sometimes on the phone is different than being in person”. We’d like to hear from you about this or any other stories you think we should know about.
