ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A policewoman from Sulaimani was among the nearly 70 Kurdish migrants who drowned when their boat sank off the Aegean Sea on Friday, and local officials called on the government to help repatriate her body.
"A Sulaimani policewoman, a migrant, drowned along with her son together with many other Kurdish migrants from the Kurdistan region in the Aegean sea in Turkey," the Sulaimani Police Directorate told Rudaw on Tuesday, confirming the death.
Describing , the drowned policewoman, as loyal to her work, Karwan Mohammed, an official from the Sulaimani police directorate, said: "Bayan's body has not been repatriated to the Kurdistan region yet."
Mohammed called on the Iraqi Immigration Ministry to help "return Bayan's body and her son to Sulaimani," as a sign of respect for her efforts during her career as a prominent policewoman in the city.
He also said that "before Bayan migrated, she had been granted 15 days’ vacation, starting January 19.
In coordination with the Turkish government, the Kurdistan region government has been trying to repatriate bodies of Kurdish migrants who lost their lives on their journeys to the West and bring them back to their families.
On Friday, some 70 refugees suffocated in the Aegean Sea when their boat capsized while the refugees were attempting to reach the European Union countries.
Rudaw has learned that the majority of the drowned were from Raniya, Qaladze and Koya in Sulaimani province, and the rest were from different areas of Erbil and Duhok provinces.
"A Sulaimani policewoman, a migrant, drowned along with her son together with many other Kurdish migrants from the Kurdistan region in the Aegean sea in Turkey," the Sulaimani Police Directorate told Rudaw on Tuesday, confirming the death.
Describing , the drowned policewoman, as loyal to her work, Karwan Mohammed, an official from the Sulaimani police directorate, said: "Bayan's body has not been repatriated to the Kurdistan region yet."
Mohammed called on the Iraqi Immigration Ministry to help "return Bayan's body and her son to Sulaimani," as a sign of respect for her efforts during her career as a prominent policewoman in the city.
He also said that "before Bayan migrated, she had been granted 15 days’ vacation, starting January 19.
In coordination with the Turkish government, the Kurdistan region government has been trying to repatriate bodies of Kurdish migrants who lost their lives on their journeys to the West and bring them back to their families.
On Friday, some 70 refugees suffocated in the Aegean Sea when their boat capsized while the refugees were attempting to reach the European Union countries.
Rudaw has learned that the majority of the drowned were from Raniya, Qaladze and Koya in Sulaimani province, and the rest were from different areas of Erbil and Duhok provinces.
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