saudi teenager who defied deportation from thailand. says she s fleeing appears and barricaded herself in a bangkok hotel room to avoid being returned to her family who she says want to kill our own began posting on twitter with calls for help on sunday shows to travel on war star and apply for asylum there a sign of hope for a half mohammed. these pictures show the young saudi woman leaving the airport in bangkok together with officials from the un refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. will assess whether she can be granted refugee status protecting her from deputation this marks a pause in a tense standoff that began on saturday. arrived from saudi arabia but passports seized by a saudi diplomat initially thailand said it would deport her because she didn t meet visa requirements. the eighteen year old then barricaded herself in an airport
bangkok together with officials from the un refugee agency the u.n. h.c.r. will assess whether she can be granted refugee status protecting her from deputation this marks a pause in a tense standoff that began on saturday. arrived from saudi arabia but had her passport seized by a saudi diplomat initially thailand said it would deport her because she didn t meet visa requirements. the eighteen year old then barricaded herself in an airport hotel room she drew attention to her plight on social media quickly gathering tens of thousands of followers she said she feared for her life after her family threatened her for announcing islam and cutting her hair i m not leaving my own until i see you on h c r i want. the title thirty seem to perform a dramatic about face ben promising not to deport