Kurdi family had escaped Damascas and headed to Aleppo before moving to Kobani when fighting broke out Even now, one night and a day after the disaster, the detritus of their devastation still lines the beach. This was not the place any of them should have died: they had escaped Syria, tried Turkey and, in the form of the Greek isle of Kos, freedom now beckoned from across the sea. For Abdullah and Rehan Kurdi, and their two small children, Aylan and Ghalib, the dream of a life in Canada, far from war and civil strife, had never been nearer. But then came the waves: a sea so fierce it overturned their cramped plastic dingy. “I took over and started steering,” said Abdullah Kurdi on Thursday. “The waves were so high and the boat flipped. I took my wife and kids in my arms and I realised they were all dead.” Related: Father of drowned boy Aylan Kurdi plans to return to Syria Related: The Guardian view on the refugee crisis: much more must be done, and not just by the UK | Editorial Related: Migration crisis: Germany presses Europe into sharing refugees Continue reading...
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