The aunt of the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body was pictured face-down in the Turkey surf has told how she desperately sought to get Canadian refugee status for him and his family - only to have her application rejected by the government. However, Canada's immigration authorities have since disputed the woman's version of events, claiming they received no application for the family that drowned. Tima Kurdi, who lives in the Vancouver area, had sought to get Canadian refugee status for her relatives in the Syrian town of Kobani, which was devastated by battles between Islamic State and Kurdish fighters.WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENTAylan, 3, Galip, 5, and their mother Rehan Kurdi died Wednesday when their boat capsized off Bodrum, TurkeyBoys' aunt Tima Kurdi had sought to bring over the family as refugees and offered to sponsor them, but her application was rejectedLike many Syrians, the Kurdi family had no official refugee status and no exit visas from Turkey, making it impossible to come to CanadaCanada's Immigration Minister Chris Alexander reportedly rejected Tima Kurdi's request in JuneAlexander suspended his re-election campaign Thursday to look into the family's caseCitizenship and Immigration Canada later said it received no refugee application for the Kurdi family
'_ has before, and can again, do more,' she said on CBC Wednesday.