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Alan Kurdi

Meeting Pope ‘Best Birthday Gift Ever’, Says Father of Drowned Refugee Children

March 9, 2021

Abdullah Kurdi, the father of the young refugee boy who death five years ago woke the world up to the reality of the migration crisis, has described his recent meeting with Pope Francis as the best birthday present that he’s ever received.

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