Aunt of drowned Syrian boys continues fight to bring family to Canada

Her brother, Abdullah, is not ready to leave his Syrian hometown of Kobani, where his sons and wife Rehanna were buried on Friday, she said. I have buried my soul, feelings and mind in the grave.

Those kids, the grandchildren of my sister-in-law, along with another little Iraqi child, are the only non-Swedes in their school and have been given a tender welcome by the other children and by the teachers.

Pam Garcia attended the service because she lives in the same Coquitlam neighbourhood as the boy’s aunt, Tima Kurdi. The agency said there was no application on behalf of Abdullah Kurdi’s family.

His wife and his sons were among 12 people to die after two boats capsized while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos from Turkey.

Çıplak was heading the gendarme crime scene investigation team in the resort district of Bodrum in Muğla province that day, which was sent at around 5 a.m.to Akyarlar Beach on Wednesday after receiving an emergency call about a sunken boat off Fenerburnu; reports of dead bodies washing up the Turkish shore were being received.

In a second image, a Turkish security officer cradles the boy in his arms.

Relatives of 3-year-old Syrian Kurdish boy Aylan Kurdi carry his body during his funeral procession.

He also reportedly rejected citizenship offers from Turkey and Canada.

At least 18 “Refugees Welcome” rallies are planned across Canada on Sunday.

“Please, if there is any way you can help my family to come here – and no response”, Tima Kurdi said about the letter. The moment I saw the baby, I thought about my own son and put myself into his father s place. “Our feet were wet”, he said.

Cousin Alan Kerim, for whom the little boy was named, said the tragedy has been tough on his family, and they will continue to speak out on behalf of refugees. “I don’t want to go with them to the water,”‘ she said. “And got the bad news”.

Unlike other Syrians heading for Europe , the Kurdi family had lived in Turkey for three years before deciding to head to Canada, where Abdullah’s sister lives.

A hospital official in Bodrum told AFP that the bodies would be flown to Istanbul late Thursday and then to the Turkish border town of Suruc before reaching their final destination of Kobane. He’d be fine, his grandfather, who helped raise Ghalib in Kobane when Abdullah left for Istanbul, where he hoped they might find safety. A lot of them chose to cross the Mediterranean Sea through boat and many died on the way.

Just telling the story in words should be enough to horrify right-minded people into accepting that these people are not camping at Calais or barricading themselves on trains in Budapest, or drowning in the Med, for nothing. “I´ve paid the highest price”, Ebdi quoted Abdullah as saying.

As a result of their previous experiences they had chose to embark on the final fatal journey independently.