British Columbia: Police Officer and Alan Kurdi

british columbia: Shergo and his siblings are the cousins of Alan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler whose lifeless body was photographed on the shores of a Mediterranean beach last September, according to Brandon Sun. The picture spread across the globe and jarred the world into responding to the Syrian refugee crisis. Now, nine months after arriving in British Columbia with his parents and four siblings, the 15-year-old refugee is preparing to enter Grade 10 and wants to one day become a police officer."I like ... to help people," Shergo said, explaining that he likes the idea of giving back. In the wake of the photograph, the Canadian government committed to taking in tens of thousands of displaced Syrians, a pledge that paved the way for the Kurdi family arrival in late December. Shifts sometimes lasted as long as 24 hours, he said, and frequently he didn't get paid. Speaking in broken English at his aunt home in Coquitlam, B.C., Shergo talked about how difficult his job was in Istanbul. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.