Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun grabbed international attention this week after she barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room to resist being sent home to her family, which denies any abuse. Qunun refused to meet her father and brother, who arrived in Bangkok to try take her back to Saudi Arabia. Qunun arrived at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Saturday morning, smiling and wearing a hoodie emblazoned with the word Canada in red, and a blue UNHCR cap. That’s why I went to Canada,” she told Reuters in a direct message before boarding her flight to Toronto. Qunun arrived in Bangkok a week ago and was initially denied entry.

Source: The Express Tribune January 12, 2019 16:12 UTC