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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on January 13, 2019, 02:53:47 am
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Rahaf al-Qunun: Saudi teen refugee arrives in Canada
12 January 2019
A Saudi teenager who fled her family alleging abuse and got stranded at a Bangkok airport has arrived in Canada after being granted asylum there.
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, had been trying to reach Australia via Bangkok but was initially told to return to Kuwait, where her family were waiting.
She refused to fly back and barricaded herself into her airport hotel room, attracting international attention.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46851723 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46851723)
(https://i.f1g.fr/media/ext/1200x1200/madame.lefigaro.fr/sites/default/files/img/2019/01/rahaf-mohammed-al-qunun_0.jpg)
BBC photo did not copy over but similar to this.
Couple this incident with that of about 2 months ago, of the two Saudi sisters apparently killing themselves in NY (they lived I believe in the Carolinas actually),
Well done Canada too.