On September 2, Alan Kurdi, a three year old toddler, drowned after a rowboat, trying to reach the Greek island capsized, while attempting to escape a civil war
Alan Kurdi came from Kobani, the city in northern Syria, that was evacuated due to the Kurdish forces war against the Islamic State extremists. On September 2nd Alan, his brother Ghalib and their mother were among a dozen Syrian refugees, including 5 children who drowned. Abdullah Kurdi was among the few people who survived.
We sailed in the sea for about four to five minutes," Abdullah Kurdi said. "The man steering the boat saw that the sea was high, the waves were high. "We were hit by the first wave and he jumped into the water and escaped away. I tried to take over the steering but we were hit by another wave. The boat …show more content…
Tima Kurdi immigrated to Vancouver 20 years ago. She worked as a hairdresser and financially supported the family, in an attempt to escape from the warring nation. “I failed to bring part of the extended family to Canada because of Ottawa’s requirements for documents, They didn't deserve to die,” said Tina Kurdi on Thursday, to the reporters in Coquitlam, B.C.
Critics say that Canada has not been taking concrete steps to speed up the procedure of resettling Syrian refugee families to the country. On Thursday, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, responded to the recent tragedy, stating “Canada has the most generous immigration and refugee system in the world.”
According to the UNHCR annual asylum trends report, Canada has remained at the bottom of the world’s top-15 refugee receiving countries according to claims made in 2014. Canada accepted around 165,000 economic immigrants last year less than 10 per cent of the people were
Alan Kurdi came from Kobani, the city in northern Syria, that was evacuated due to the Kurdish forces war against the Islamic State extremists. On September 2nd Alan, his brother Ghalib and their mother were among a dozen Syrian refugees, including 5 children who drowned. Abdullah Kurdi was among the few people who survived.
We sailed in the sea for about four to five minutes," Abdullah Kurdi said. "The man steering the boat saw that the sea was high, the waves were high. "We were hit by the first wave and he jumped into the water and escaped away. I tried to take over the steering but we were hit by another wave. The boat …show more content…
Tima Kurdi immigrated to Vancouver 20 years ago. She worked as a hairdresser and financially supported the family, in an attempt to escape from the warring nation. “I failed to bring part of the extended family to Canada because of Ottawa’s requirements for documents, They didn't deserve to die,” said Tina Kurdi on Thursday, to the reporters in Coquitlam, B.C.
Critics say that Canada has not been taking concrete steps to speed up the procedure of resettling Syrian refugee families to the country. On Thursday, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, responded to the recent tragedy, stating “Canada has the most generous immigration and refugee system in the world.”
According to the UNHCR annual asylum trends report, Canada has remained at the bottom of the world’s top-15 refugee receiving countries according to claims made in 2014. Canada accepted around 165,000 economic immigrants last year less than 10 per cent of the people were