Relatives of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body was photographed on a Turkish beach are expected to land in Vancouver this morning to begin a new life.
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Alan’s father Abdullah Kurdi lives in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and has decided against travelling to Canada.
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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Tima Kurdi told reporters she was thankful to Trudeau “for opening the door” and showing other countries how do deal with the refugee crisis. “We nearly lost hope, thank you to the Canadian government and the Canadian people for making this happen”.
Haveen Kurdi, 16, says she is excited to be in Canada. The extended family of Alan reunited with his aunt, Tima Kurdi, in Vancouver upon arrival.
Immigration Minister John McCallum said on December 20, that , to 50,000 by the end of 2016.
Alan’s father, Abdullah, the sole survivor, abandoned his attempt to emigrate.
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.
Tima Kurdi (centre) welcomes her brother Mohammad Kurdi, his wife and their five children, who she is sponsoring as refugees in B.C., at Vancouver International Airport on Monday.
Mohammad and his family, who were in Turkey for two years after fleeing Syria, will now move into the Kurdi home in Coquitlam.
The image brought global attention to the refugee crisis and sparked outrage at the perceived inaction of developed nations to deal with the issue.
Domestically, the images of Kurdi’s death up-ended an otherwise predictable Canadian election campaign, and knocked the incumbent Conservatives onto their heels after it was revealed that Mohammad and his family had applied for, and been denied, refugee status in Canada. “It was really emotional”, Tima Kurdi said, translating for her brother as he spoke of holding the little boy for the first time.
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“I want to teach them English”, said Kurdi’s son, Alan Kerim.
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“We wish the war to end”, she added, noting it’s what all the “suffering refugees” are hoping for. I walked through that tunnel, I did not see that light yet. Weeks after Alan drowned, Hivrun & her kids made the same perilous ocean journey from Turkey to Greece.
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