Rahaf al-Qunun: Saudi teen granted asylum in Canada [View all]
Source: CNN
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Canada will grant asylum to an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand to escape her allegedly abusive family, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.
Rahaf Al-Qunun will head to Toronto, with a stopover in Seoul, said Thailand's Immigration Police Chief Surachate Hakparn. She boarded a Korean Airlines plane in Bangkok.
Trudeau told reporters in Saskatchewan that his nation accepted the request made by United Nations officials.
The news followed confusion earlier in the day over where the teenager would be resettled.
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By Kocha Olarn and Helen Regan, CNN
Updated 1850 GMT (0250 HKT) January 11, 2019
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/11/asia/saudi-teen-australia-asylum-intl/index.html
Update: Saudi teen who fled family has left Thailand for Canada (Reuters)
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