Canada Refugees and Jaf

: So, for me, it hits home quite hard, according to Toronto Star. Jaf family left Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq northern Kurdish region, during the Iran-Iraq war. One of those boys was my age when we were going through something like that, Jaf, 30, told the Star on Friday. They then came to Canada as refugees in the 1990s after brief stays in Iran and Jordan. He said the group is now working to raise money to support the medical needs of refugees, and maintain pressure for a solution while the world is paying attention to Syria after the Kurdi family deaths.A devastating image of 3-year-old Alan, lying face down on a beach in Turkey after his family failed attempt to reach Europe, has sparked a debate over how countries should respond to the Syrian refugee crisis. I was five years old when we left, said Jaf, the Ottawa-based communications director of the Kurdish Youth Association of Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.