The images of three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on the shore of the Aegean Sea has become the symbol of the devastating Syrian refugee crisis gripping the world.
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The child’s brother and mother were among those who died when two boats capsized as they tried to cross the waters from Turkey to the Greek island of Kos.
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The photo of a 3-year-old child named Aylan Kurdi, face-down on a Turkish beach, has become emblematic of the suffering of refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war.
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Mohammed Kurdi, his wife and their five children touched down in Vancouver shortly before noon.
Speaking through his sister, who translated from Arabic, Mohammed Kurdi also thanked Canadians and their government for making his dreams come true. The Canadian government will be sponsoring the resettlement of around 15,000 refugees while groups of individual Canadians will sponsor the relocation of the rest.
Tima Kurdi says her brother, a barber, will work at her newly established hair salon.
“Thank you to the Canadian people”, she told a crowd of reporters gathered around the family. Tima Kurdi said she also plans to continue helping refugees by drawing attention to the conflict and encouraging others to open their doors.
Alan’s father, Abdullah Kurdi, now lives in Iraq and said after the death of his family that he would not move to Canada.
One by one, her nephews and nieces, her brother Mohammad and his wife Ghousoun, clung to Tima, buried their faces in the lining of her hood, and waved little Canadian flags.
Alan’s father, Abdullah, the sole survivor, abandoned his attempt to emigrate.
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.
“A feeling I could not express, it was very emotional.”
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.
And to Abdullah, whose plight was on the family’s mind during their 10-hour flight to Vancouver, Tima said, in tears: “We wish you were with us, I can not say … but you’re always here”.
Mohammed Kurdi has been in Germany since leaving his family in Turkey seven months ago to find work.
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