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Old 09-03-2015, 04:43 PM   #1354
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Members of the family had been trying to emigrate to Canada after fleeing Kobani. Teema Kurdi, Mr. Kurdi’s sister and a resident of Vancouver, tried to sponsor another of their brothers and his family, but were rebuffed. She said in a news conference Thursday that her family couldn’t afford to sponsor more than one brother.

Earlier media reports had said Abdullah Kurdi’s family had been rejected. But Canadian officials say there is no record of his family making an application.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/image-of...ard-1441282847
So that NDP MLA who said they directly went to Chris Alexander about it can safely be called full of #### now, right? Not sarcasm. That whole thing sounded completely made up.

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