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Sunday, January 6, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Saudi asylum-seeker held at Bangkok airport, Thai official says
An 18-year-old Saudi woman seeking asylum has been denied entry to Thailand and held in Bangkok’s airport, a Thai official says.
Rahaf Mohammed Mutlaq Alqunun “ran away from her family to avoid marriage and she is concerned she may be in trouble returning to Saudi Arabia,” Thailand’s immigration chief Surachate Hakparn tells AFP, adding that Thai authorities contacted the “Saudi Arabia embassy to coordinate.”
Rahaf and Human Rights Watch tell AFP she was stopped by Saudi and Kuwaiti officials when she arrived in Suvarnabhumi airport and her passport was forcibly taken from her.
— AFP
