Saudi Woman Trapped at Bangkok Airport, BBC Reports
Saudi Woman Trapped at Bangkok Airport, BBC Reports
(Bloomberg) -- An 18-year-old Saudi Arabian woman is reportedly trapped at Bangkok’s main airport after fleeing from her family, BBC News reported.
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun had been on a trip to Kuwait with her family when she fled on a flight; she was trying to head to Australia via a connecting flight to Bangkok, according to the news service.
@rahaf84427714 just sent from her hotel room at the #Bangkok airport. She has barricaded herself in the room & says she will not leave until she is able to see #UNHCR. Why is #Thailand not letting @Refugees see her for refugee status determination? @hrw #SaveRahaf pic.twitter.com/3lb2NDRsVG
â Phil Robertson (@Reaproy) January 7, 2019
She told the BBC she feared she would be forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia; she said Saudi authorities took her passport on arrival in Thailand, the BBC reported.
The Saudi embassy in Bangkok said she has been held at the airport because she didn’t have a return ticket and that she is set to be deported to Kuwait on Monday where most of her family live, according to the news service.
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