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Refugees from Syria arrive at the train station in Dortmund, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015.  AP

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His name was Alan Kurdi and he was just two years old. In September 2015, Alan, his parents and five-year-old brother left their home in Turkey and boarded a small boat heading for Kos, their ultimate destination Canada, where a new life awaited. Alan, his brother and mother never got there. The boat capsized minutes into the journey, tipping the family into the water. Alan’s body was washed ashore, his brother nearby. Images of “the boy on the beach” as Alan came to be known, flashed around the world and cries of “something must be done” went up. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel was doing something.

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