The asylum claim of Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun by John Raby https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2 Please post your information for the President here. en-us 2019-01-08 11:05:46 UTC 2019-01-08 18:53:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Marley https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318459019 Thiland is allowing her to stay ]]> 2019-01-08 18:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318459019 Her dad is fearing that him and his whole family will be killed because of her flee tori_johnsen21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318459562 2019-01-08 18:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318459562 Liam liam_scott21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318459580 Barracaded herself in a hotel in Bangkok ]]> 2019-01-08 18:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318459580 sydney_bridges21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318459827 -While on a recent trip with her family, Alqunun slipped away and flew to Thailand, in an attempt to reach Australia, where she hoped to ultimately be granted asylum. Thai authorities then told Alqunun she was being deported back to Saudi Arabia. She live-tweeted her attempt to not be forced back to Saudi Arabia. ]]> 2019-01-08 18:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318459827 she broadcasted videos of her plight on Twitter, saying she had been met by Saudi representatives and her passport seized when she arrived at the airport for a connecting flight to Australia, where she had a visa. tori_johnsen21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318481233 2019-01-08 18:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318481233 she had described a life of abuse at the hands of her family, who live in the city of Hail, in northern Saudi Arabia. She said she was once locked in a room for six months because she had cut her hair in a way that her family did not approve of. And she said her family used to beat her, mostly her brother. tori_johnsen21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318483482 2019-01-08 18:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318483482 Jake https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318483738 Her tweets are thing things that allowed her to gain support. Though people support her, she is still very lucky that she didn’t get sent back to Saudi Arabia.]]> 2019-01-08 18:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318483738 Marley https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318484265  she had been planning her escape since she was 16. She said her brother and other family members often had beat her, and that she was once locked in a room for six months because she had cut her hair in a way disapproved by her family. ]]> 2019-01-08 18:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318484265 morgan_binette21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318484335 Alqunun arrived at the Thai capital's main airport on a flight from Kuwait over the weekend, after running away from her family, whom she says subjected her to physical and psychological abuse.]]> 2019-01-08 18:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318484335 sydney_bridges21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318484845 Alqunun claims that she has been beaten by her family. She said she was once locked in a room for six months after she had cut her hair in a way that her family did not approve of. ]]> 2019-01-08 18:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318484845 Marley https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318484885  Thailand officials initially had planned to deport Ms. Alqunun because of her lack of money and concrete travel plans. ]]> 2019-01-08 18:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318484885 liam_scott21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318486601 Rahaf says that her deportation to Saudi Arabia would be a “death sentence.”]]> 2019-01-08 18:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318486601 tori_johnsen21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318486646 “Thailand is a land of smiles. We will not send someone back to die,” said the country’s immigration chief, Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn. “We will take care of her as best as we can.”]]> 2019-01-08 18:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318486646 Marley https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318486803 So they were knocking on her door and there was a Kuwaiti Airways representative telling her that she had no choice, but had to get on a flight to Saudi Arabia ]]> 2019-01-08 18:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318486803 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318486967 She is in Bangkok now, waiting for her refugee status to be processed ]]> 2019-01-08 18:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318486967 sydney_bridges21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318487604 Alqunun made a barricade behind her hotel room door and demanded asylum from the UN, saying that she would not leave until they accepted. Thailand’s immigration office confirmed that it is not sending her back to Saudi Arabia just yet. Her twitter posts essentially saved her  from being deported. ]]> 2019-01-08 18:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318487604 liam_scott21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318487843 She says she feels the safest with UNHCR employees, who she wishes to speak with in Bangkok about speaking asylum. The Thai government says they feel remorseful for the time being. ]]> 2019-01-08 18:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318487843 morgan_binette21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318487892 Alqunun said she planned to seek asylum in Australia, fearing she would be killed if repatriated by Thai immigration officials who stopped her at the airport.]]> 2019-01-08 18:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318487892 tori_johnsen21 https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318488140 They will take up to 10 days to process her request for refugee status and find a country that will accept her.]]> 2019-01-08 18:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318488140 Marley https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318488421 Ms Alqunun is now under the protection of the UN

]]> 2019-01-08 18:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318488421 Marley https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318490780 1) An 18 year old girl fled from Saudi Arabia to Thailand
2)she did this in order to seek asylum because her family beat her and she couldn't do anything without a male accompaniment 
3) Her father said that her family might be killed if she doesn't come back but she believes she will be killed if she does come back 
4) Thailand is letting her stay and she's under protection of the UN 
5) She is in the process of getting a refugee status  ]]> 2019-01-08 18:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/john_raby/h4cdpx43lwm2/wish/318490780