Alan Kurdi and Tima Kurdi

Canada: The boy aunt, Tima Kurdi, said that after his uncle had applied for refugee status in Canada and was rejected, she had not pursued a planned application for the Alan family, according to CTV. Alexander announced Wednesday that he would temporarily suspended his re-election campaign to look into the case. Alan Kurdi died trying to cross the Mediterranean for asylum in Europe. The story of this little boy and this family illustrates what is happening to people dying as migrants, to people being slaughtered by extremists, but it also reminds us that we need to continue acting, he said. Alexander said Canada has agreed to take 50,000 refugees from the two countries impacted by ISIS, and that over half are here, mostly from Iraq, but the Syrian numbers are scaling up. Alexander said that the application of Kurdi family was not rejected by Canada but was returned to the family because it required additional documentation -- in this case, a convention refugee determination status from the UNHCR. This case was passed along to the department and decided according to the rules that would govern consideration of any application, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.