Drowned Syrian boy remembered by relatives in Vancouver
Xinhua, September 6, 2015 Adjust font size:
A memorial for the three-year-old boy, Alan Kurdi, whose death turned the world's gaze to the Syrian refugee crisis was held in Vancouver on Saturday afternoon.
The memorial was hosted at Simon Fraser University by Alan Kurdi's aunt Tima Kurdi, who migrated many years ago from Syria to Canada and lives in the suburb of Vancouver in west Canada.
Alan Kurdi, together with his elder brother Ghalib and mother Rehanna, were drowned and found washed ashore after the boat they were in, loaded with refugees fleeing the bloody Syrian war, capsized on the way to Greece.
The surviving father, Abdullah Kurdi, had flown to Syria to bury his family on Friday.
"Those kids, those angels, break everybody's heart ... all the government people like us, they have kids, they have family ... and I'm sure this is something they don't like to happen anymore to anybody," Tima Kurdi said on Friday.
The death of Alan Kurdi caused protest against the Canadian government's policy on immigration.
At least 18 "Refugees Welcome" rallies are planned across Canada on Sunday. The protesters are to demand an overhaul of Canadian immigration and refugee policies. Endi