The image of Alan Kurdi’s lifeless 3-year-old body on a Turkish beach quickly became a symbol of the world’s indifference to Syrian refugees and changed that crisis forever.
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Mohammed Kurdi, third right, his wife, right, their children walk with his sister Tima Kurdi, center, who lives in the Vancouver area, arrive in Canada as refugees at Vancouver International Airport.
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Tima and Mohammad are the aunt and the uncle of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old boy who died alongside his brother Galib, 5, and their mother, Rehana, when their boat capsized between Turkey and the Greek island of Kos, in the early hours of Sept 2, 2015.
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Kurdi’s other brother, Abdullah, was not so lucky.
“I want the world to remember that picture”, Tima Kurdi told the Canadian Press in the days leading up to her family’s arrival.
Alan’s photo and the story behind it ignited an outpouring of public support for Syrian refugees around the world.
Mohammed Kurdi has been in Germany since leaving his family in Turkey seven months ago to find work.
His teenage son Shergo said he was looking forward to going back to school and starting a new life.
The family said that while they are happy to be in Canada and grateful for the country’s generosity, they are still grieving for their dead relatives and all the Syrian refugees who were not able to escape.
She added: “Thank you Canadian people”.
The ensuing election ousted the Conservatives in Canada and brought in the governing Liberals, who committed to 25,000 Syrian refugees by March, and another 25,000 by the end of 2016.
Alan Kurdi’s father, Abdullah Kurdi, said he had attempted the risky water crossing after the Canadian government rejected his brother Mohammed’s original refugee application. Mohammad – who worked as a barber in Syria – will be working at a hair salon owned by Tima.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada later asked Tima Kurdi to re-apply for her brother, Mohammed Kurdi, and his family in mid-October.
Tima Kurdi said at the time she had tried to sponsor Mohammad to come to Canada but was not successful.
Tima Kurdi had a message she wanted to share with other refugees in hard circumstances.
“That hurts me even more”, she says, tears slowly streaming down her face.
Photographs of late brothers Alan and Ghalib Kurdi and their mother Rehanna are displayed outside the home of their aunt Tima Kurdi, in Coquitlam, B.C., on September 4, 2015.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would take in hundreds of thousands of refugees annually for years ahead.
