The news of his death resounded across Chamchamal, causing great grief for his family who are begging that his body be returned to the Kurdistan Region.
Haseeb’s mother recounted her conversation with her son before he embarked on what would be his final journey. "My son said ’mother, we will go back to the forest and if they take my phone away, I will call you from another phone," Parwin Ahmed told Rudaw’s Peshawa Bakhtyar on Saturday.
"I do not want anything, just bring my son back."
Due to an illness causing him chest and throat pain, Hussein’s physical look started to change, coinciding with when Haseeb finally managed to safely cross into the UK via the English Channel, one of the most dangerous migration routes.
His last text message was sent to her sister's husband.
"In Italia, he had health problems. He suffered from cold and illness. The last time we called him, we could not hear him," Tariq Jaff, Haseeb’s cousin said.
"On November 21, at exactly 3:29 am, I have the messages he sent. He texted me and said that they are getting on a boat and I texted him back and said ’please, take care of my brother’ and he did not answer back,"
Hussein was married and has a seven-year-old daughter. The family's only demand is the return of the body of their son, who died 45 days ago.
Demand? Y’all are not entitled to demand anything — even if Mr. Hussein had entered England legally, you would not be entitled to demand the return of his body instead of a pauper’s grave where he died . If you want his body back, take up a collection to pay for it, and pay for an English lawyer to handle the arrangements. Politely.
The Kurdistan Region, often called a safe haven within Iraq, is facing crises of its own - high unemployment, corruption, political instability, and an economic downturn during the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...pandemic.
The Kurdish government has acknowledged the existence of systemic problems and financial hardships but says it is working to address these issues.