Kurdi

Three organizers of the human trafficking ring which led to the death of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi, in a case that made headlines worldwide, were sentenced to 125 years in prison each on March 13.

German ship "Alan Kurdi" saved more than 40 migrants in the Mediterranean.

They were rescued from a wooden boat with the assistance of the Maltese authorities. The Maltese navy sent a ship to take the people of ''Alan Kurdi'' and transport them to the shore, "the organization said in Twitter, quoted by NOVA TV.

Abdullah Kurdi sits in front of the German NGO "Sea-Eye" rescue ship named after his son Alan Kurdi, during the ship's inauguration in Palma de Mallorca, Spai, Sunday.

A German migrant rescue ship which operates in the Mediterranean was renamed on Feb. 10 after Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian refugee boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach at the height of the migrant crisis, sparking global outrage.

In 2015, the Greek public was shocked to learn about the young Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi, who lost his life in the waters of the Aegean while trying to reach Europe with his family. They were seeking a better future.

A 7-year-old Syrian-Kurdish boy was found dead Friday night after he went missing earlier in the day from the Skaramangas refugee center west of Athens.

The boy's disappearance prompted an amber alert and mobilized a police search operation, which led to the discovery of the boy's body in the sea not far from the camp.

An image of Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old refugee who drowned off Turkey's Bodrum coast in September last year, which was captured by Do?an News Agency reporter Nilüfer Demir received the Press Photo of the Year award at Turkey Photojournalist Association Press' Photos of the Year 2016 contest. 

Two suspected human smugglers being tried by a Turkish court over the death of several migrants - including toddler Aylan Kurdi, whose drowning shocked the world last year - have accused the father of the Syrian toddler of being human smuggler and using the boat at time of the incident. 

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has recreated the heartbreaking image of the drowned 3-year-old Syrian child, Alan Kurdi, by staging a photo of himself lying face down on a beach on Lesvos island, Greece.

Ai Weiwei closed his eyes and lay face down on a pebbled beach imitating the lifeless body of Alan who lost his life while trying to reach Greece with his family.

At least 37 migrants, mostly women and children, drowned yesterday attempting to cross the sea from Turkey to reach Greece.

Turkish authorities announced that at least 37 refugees were dead, while they managed to rescue 75 people.