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| Drowned boy Alan Kurdi back in Syria for family burial | |
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| The bodies of drowned Syrian boy Alan Kurdi and his family have been taken back across the Turkish border to the Syrian town of Kobane for burial. | |
| The father of Alan Kurdi was allowed to enter Kobane from Turkey with the coffin of his three-year-old son. | |
| The boy's mother and older brother are also being buried. | |
| Pictures of the child's lifeless body on a beach in Turkey sparked worldwide outrage at the plight of people fleeing the war in Syria to get to Europe. | |
| A convoy of vehicles with the bodies crossed into Kobane from the Turkish border town of Suruc, officials say. | |
| Alan drowned along with his five-year-old brother Galip and his mother Rehan while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos. | |
| Alan's father Abdullah said that shortly after their boat left Turkey it was hit by waves and the captain swam off. His family drowned despite his desperate efforts to save them. | |
| Images of Alan's body being recovered from a beach near Bodrum caused an outpouring of sympathy for the plight of those fleeing Syria's civil war and criticism of European governments for not doing enough to answer the crisis. | |
| Thousands of migrants have died this year trying to reach Europe by sea. |