Drowned toddler Aylan Kurdi's relatives to be granted asylum in Canada

November 28, 2015 10:06

Some surviving relatives of drowned Kurdish toddler Aylan Kurdi, whose beached corpse became a global symbol of the Syrian refugee crisis, will be admitted to Canada. The three-year-old died after his family, sheltering in Turkey from the war in Syria, decided to make a desperate bid to reach Greece in a flimsy inflatable boat.

The sight of Aylan's body, face down on the Turkish shore, was captured by news photographers and galvanised public opinion around the world as hundreds of thousands of refugees arrived in Europe. Aylan's mother and brother died in the same accident.

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