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Saudi teen Rahaf arrives in Canada where she has been granted asylum
The girl, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, tweeted: "I would like to thank you people for supporting me and saving my life. Truly I have never dreamed of this love and support You are the spark that would motivate me to be a better person."
I would like to thank you people for supporting me and saiving my life. Truly I have never dreamed of this love and support
— Rahaf Mohammed رهف محمد (@rahaf84427714) January 11, 2019
You are the spark that would motivate me to be a better person️️️
Her Twitter page showed her new location was Ontario city in Canada.
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s desperate and ultimately successful bid for asylum in the face of alleged death-threats from her own family, provides a “glimpse into the precarious situation of millions of refugees worldwide” said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Friday.
In a statement, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, had said Canada had agreed to give asylum to the 18-year-old Saudi national who fled her family in Kuwait before her passport was taken away at the Bangkok airport on Sunday.