Immigration police via APAustralia will assess runaway Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun for settlement after the United Nations on Wednesday deemed her a refugee. Alqunun arrived in Bangkok on a flight from Kuwait on Saturday, and planned to continue to Australia, for which she held a tourist visa. Public pressure prompted Thai officials to return her passport and let her temporarily stay in Thailand. Alqunun alleged several times that Saudi officials were involved in seizing her passport. Saudi Arabia's wider human rights record has also come under intense scrutiny since the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in October.

Source: The Telegraph January 09, 2019 08:03 UTC