MESOP KOBANE : Drowned Refugee Children Who Washed Ashore in Viral Photograph Identified
Two drowned children whose bodies washed ashore in Turkey after the boat by which they were trying to reach Europe capsized have been identified as Galip Kurdi and Aylan, refugees from the Kurdish Syrian city of Kobane. Nine other people drowned when the boat sank, including the children’s mother, Rehan. The boys are survived by their father, Abdullah, who has abandoned his plans to travel to Canada to return to Kobane to bury his family. www.mesop.de