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Pope Francis in Iraq Meets with Father Whose Children Died as Refugees in Shipwreck

Pope Francis meets the father of drowned boy Alan Kurdi in Erbil, Iraq, March 7, 2021

Vatican Media.
Pope Francis meets the father of drowned boy Alan Kurdi in Erbil, Iraq, March 7, 2021

Abdullah Kurdi was one of only four people to survive after a dinghy carrying 16 refugees making the perilous journey from Turkey to the Greek Island of Kos capsized.