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"The Door Is Slammed In Their Face"- Tima Kurdi Appeals For Help

EU ministers have failed to agree on how to relocate the tens of thousands of migrants who've come to Europe to seek asylum. The aunt of the drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi, is in Brussels calling on Europe's politicians to do more to deal with the people fleeing war and oppression in the Middle East and Africa. Tima Kurdi spoke to Newsday's Lawrence Pollard.

(Photo: Canadian Tima Kurdi, aunt of Aylan Kurdi, reacts in front of a painting depicting the drowned Syrian child, Credit: REUTERS/Yves Herman)

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