The Latest on Saudi asylum seeker who fled alleged abuse by her family (all times local):1:10 a.m.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will grant asylum to a Saudi woman fleeing alleged family abuse. Earlier Friday, Thailand's immigration police chief said 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun had left on a flight headed for Canada. Alqunun was stopped last Saturday at a Bangkok airport by immigration police who denied her entry and seized her passport. ———10:15 p.m.Thailand's immigration police chief says a Saudi woman who fled alleged abuse by her family will leave Bangkok for Canada. Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun was stopped at a Bangkok airport last Saturday by Thai immigration police who denied her entry and seized her passport.
Source: ABC News January 11, 2019 15:49 UTC