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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will promptly examine the case of a young Saudi woman in which Thailand has renounced to launch the mobilization on social networks, while Australia has announced its intention to grant him asylum.
"said Giuseppe de Vicentiis, representative of. Acnur in Thailand, in a statement
"We are very grateful to the Thai authorities for not sending her to the country. against his will. "
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, was on vacation in Kuwait with his family when he escaped and landed this weekend at the airport.
Canberra badured on Tuesday (8) that he would carefully evaluate the asylum application of the young Saudi
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The Australian Government is pleased that Ms. UNHCR will evaluate Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun," said to the AFP spokesman
"Any request for a humanitarian visa from Mr. Al-Qunun will be carefully considered when the UNHCR process is completed," he added.
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun was arrested while traveling to Thai territory to ensure that the Saudi and Kuwaiti authorities confiscated his pbadport.
The young woman, about to be expelled from the country, decides to retrench in the hotel room of the airport and publishes several messages on Twitter. to have received threats from her family and to fear for her life if she were to return to Saudi Arabia.
– Family Affair –
"This is not a political affair or an international affair … It's a family affair," said Thai Migration Police Chief , Surachate Hakparn, at the conclusion of a meeting at the Saudi Embbady on this subject in order to minimize controversy.
"It must be solved in the family," he insisted. The father and one of the girl's brothers came to Bangkok to talk to him
After Rahaf's posting, a petition against the girl's deportation was posted on the Internet. In the face of international pressure and social networks, Thailand decided not to deport him and allowed UNHCR to take charge of the case.
"You are the real power," Rahaf told netizens on Tuesday.
According to the local migration services, between 50 and 100 people are denied access to the visa upon arrival in Thailand.
"But the case of Rahaf is exceptional," said the chief of services.
In accordance with the international principle of non-refoulement, asylum seekers can not be deported to their country of origin if their lives are in danger.
Thailand has not signed a convention. The United Nations Convention on Refugees, however, and asylum seekers are usually expelled or wait years before being sent to other countries.
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