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Saudi teen Rahaf arrives in Canada where she has been granted asylum

Saudi teen Rahaf arrives in Canada where she has been granted asylum

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 13 Jan 2019, 06:14 am
Toronto, Jan 13: A Saudi teenager, who has been escaping from her family, has arrived in Canada after the nation granted her 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."

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.