Thread: Saudi woman 'trapped at Bangkok airport trying to flee family'

Usually, when a citizen gets in problem in another country, he (she) will seek for a help at his (her) kind embassy. They surely will have a spare room, sometimes totally insulated from the outside signals.

I do not understand why in this case such secure procedure was not followed...

The Saudi teenager who barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel and begged for asylum from Australia could have her wish granted.

Australia confirmed on Tuesday night that it was deeply concerned about the plight of Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, and confirmed it would likely grant her a humanitarian visa – if the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) determined her claims are genuine.


However, her case has also raised questions over why Australia has moved so swiftly to open the door for refugee protection for the social media-savvy teenager as thousands of other asylum seekers languish without resettlement.

“The Australian government is pleased that Ms Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun is having her claim for protection assessed by the UNHCR,” a spokesperson for the Department of Home Affairs said.

“The government has made representations to the Thai government and the Bangkok office of the UNHCR about its serious concerns on this matter and the need for Ms Alqunun’s claim to be assessed expeditiously.

“Any application by Ms Alqunun for a humanitarian visa will be carefully considered once the UNHCR process has concluded.”

Australian officials stressed the normal security checks would apply.

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/nati...un-visa-saudi/

Originally Posted by OhOh

You have the upper hand on knowledge of SA law, it seems.

I'm not talking about SA law.

She's in Thailand and subject to Thai law, you steaming moron.

Please, please forget it.

I overlooked the fact that you're a fucking idiot.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Are you suggesting a person can arrive in any country and disregard the laws of their own country? Adopting whatever laws they wish, taken from whatever country they wish?

A moronic statement even by your standards.

Whatever country you are in, you are bound by the laws of that country (unless you have diplomatic immunity).

Originally Posted by cyrille

I overlooked the fact that you're a fucking idiot.

Schoolboy error.

Hope the Thais don't do what the Philippines did a few years ago and handed over a female Saudi at Manila airport
to some Saudi goons who flew her back home never to be heard of again.

^That's exactly what they had wanted to do...

Originally Posted by cyrille

I'm not talking about SA law.

She's in Thailand and subject to Thai law, you steaming moron.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Whatever country you are in, you are bound by the laws of that country

Really, she's subject to Thai laws whilst in Thailand. One lives and learns from the oracles here on TD.

One wonders why then you oracles introduced a SA law, regarding a person subject to Thai laws into the thread.

Not a schoolboy diversion one hopes.

jesus wept.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Really, she's subject to Thai laws whilst in Thailand. One lives and learns from the oracles here on TD.

One wonders why then you oracles introduced a SA law, regarding a person subject to Thai laws into the thread.

Not a schoolboy diversion one hopes.

There's a slight difference between Thai law and the application of Thai law, which often depends on factors including and not limited to simple economics.

Originally Posted by uncle junior

jesus wept.

There can't be anyone more absurd posting here at the moment than this utterly ridiculous fool.

Not with Jacko away shaping Yuletide logs in Azerbaijan.

Originally Posted by OhOh

One wonders why then you oracles introduced a SA law, regarding a person subject to Thai laws into the thread.

What exactly are you babbling on about? Even by your usual standards you're making no fucking sense whatsoever.

^

^ This is definitely the sort of stuff you should stick to.

The avoidance of making a complete dick of yourself in English (and I suspect any other language) is beyond you with most other topics.

...^^caught out deflecting time and again...write the thread title on the back of your hand for easy reference while posting...

Originally Posted by OhOh

^

Tries to deflect from his moronic post by writing a post about deflection.

Only Ohoh can be this fucking dumb (unless pseudolus joins the thread).

Three posts, none on the thread topic. Unusual, nah.

and the monkey wrapped his tail around the flag pole......

Originally Posted by OhOh

Three posts, none on the thread topic. Unusual, nah.

The current subtopic is you being as thick as shit and being too much of a fucking pussy to admit it.

Are you pseudopuss in disguise?

Well this will piss off the Saudis.

Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun has been found to be a refugee by the United Nations, and the Australian government will now consider her asylum request, according to the Department of Home Affairs.


The 18-year-old woman barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel roomon Sunday to prevent her forcible return to Saudi Arabia, where she claims her family will kill her because she has renounced Islam.


On Wednesday, the UN high commissioner for refugees assessed Qunun, found her to be a refugee and referred her to Australia for resettlement.

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...P=share_btn_tw

The subtlest of subtle hints...

“She is a young Saudi woman whose face has been plastered around the world,” Pearson said. “She’s more at risk than other refugees, not just from her family but threats she has faced online and from her own government.

“We all know what the Saudi government is capable of doing on foreign soil.

I would hope that, once her claim has been assessed, the Australian government will act quickly to get her out of Thailand and to safety.”

And as luck has it, the Aussie FM is on her way to Bangkok....

Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun has been found to be a refugee by the United Nations, and the Australian government will now consider her asylum request, according to the Department of Home Affairs.

Aren't they listening?

Want?!!