ANKARA, Turkey—Canada rejected a request to take in the Syrian family whose mother and two young sons drowned this week trying to get to Europe, a Canadian lawmaker said — a request that involved the 3-year-old boy who washed up on a beach in Turkey, galvanizing a worldwide debate about migration.
Aunt Had Tried to Sponsor Family Who Drowned Off Turkey
Canada rejected a request to take in the Syrian family whose mother and two young sons drowned this week trying to get to Europe
A paramilitary police officer carries the lifeless body of an unidentified migrant child, lifting it from the sea shore, near the Turkish resort of Bodrum, Turkey, early Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. AP Photo/DHA
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