Mohammad Alassi Fatima Mairami and Alan Kurdi

Syrian refugees: They spent three years in Indonesia, waiting for a Western country to accept them as refugees, according to CBC. Then, in December, they finally boarded a plane bound for Canada. Mohammad Alassi and Fatima Mairami fled Syria in 2012, shortly after their son was born. Syrian refugees: what the photo of Alan Kurdi can and can't do How Waterloo Region residents can help Syrian refugees The CBC Melanie Ferrier visited the family in Waterloo. I hate the winter." Learning English Mohammad: "We are finished school since 15 years, so this is long time.... So, here we see the difficulty writing or sometimes speaking or listening." Fatima: "Sometimes, like today, I'm getting bad marks. Here what they had to say about their new home: Experiencing winter Fatima: "When I come here, I'm having too much fun, because after two days there is snow! I tell my husband, 'I miss the snow.' Because in Syria sometimes it snows also, but not that heavy." Mohammad: "Fatima loves the winter. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.