Drowned Syrian toddler's family reunited in Canada
Relatives of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi, the toddler who tragically drowned off the Turkish coast earlier this year, have arrived safely in Canada as refugees.
There were emotional scenes at Vancouver airport as Alan's aunt Tima Kurdi greeted her brother -- the boy's uncle -- Mohammad, his wife and their five children.
The Kurdi family came to represent the struggle of many Syrian families when images of Alan's body were published around the world in September.
The powerful, tragic picture of the boy's lifeless corpse lying face down in the waves of a Turkish beach instigated an outpouring of global grief and inspired a wave of international compassion.
It highlighted the plight of the hundreds of thousands of refugees flooding out of war-torn Syria and drew worldwide attention to what is, according to the International Organization for Migration, the most deadly crossing point in the world.
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