Turkey Greece Tima and Citizenship Immigration Canada

Tima Kurdi: Mohammad is the uncle of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old boy who died alongside his mother and older brother when their overcrowded boat flipped while crossing the treacherous waters between Turkey and Greece, according to CTV. Tima described informing her sister-in-law after learning Saturday morning that Citizenship and Immigration Canada had finalized the family travel arrangements. "I phoned them and I said, 'They booked you Dec. 28."' said Tima on Sunday when reached by phone at her Vancouver-area home. "And first she said to the kids, 'Oh my God, the flight is booked Dec. 28.' And the kids were screaming. Tima Kurdi said her brother Mohammad Kurdi, along with his wife and five children, are scheduled to arrive into Vancouver the morning of Dec. 28. And she was like, 'Really Seriously ' And we started crying and crying and crying. ... There were no words after that, just crying and tears. "It was the most emotional phone call," she said. "It almost took me back to that news when I heard about my nephew ." Mohammad Kurdi has been in Germany since leaving his family in Turkey seven months ago to find work. The family will reunite in Frankfurt before flying together to Canada. He has yet to meet his youngest child, who was born in July. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.