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Mira Akram Al Jawabreh and Noor Al Jawabreh

Chiara Cazzaniga: The mystery of what happened to Mira Akram Al Jawabreh has haunted her family for 18 months — and on Wednesday, there was a development from Italy, according to CBC. A family member recognized her niece, Mira, on a news website after the boat she was on sank. Noor Al Jawabreh, who arrived in Kitchener in March as a government-sponsored refugee, says ever since a refugee boat disaster claimed her brother life in 2014, she been praying to find her niece safe. According to Italian journalist Chiara Cazzaniga, who works for the Italian public broadcaster Ria 3, Italian police in Syracuse said the little girl went with a Palestinian couple who registered the girl under the name Maria. Actually, we don't know where she is right now," said Cazzaniga. There is no word on where the couple and the girl might be. "They spend two or three or four days and then they take trains and they go away and land in Germany or in Norway where they usually have relatives. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.