Runaway Saudi teen finds refuge in Canada

she’s here, that she’s well and that she is very, very happy to be in her new home.”

“She had a pretty long journey and is exhausted and prefers not to take questions for the moment,” the diplomatic chief added.

Al Qunun’s lawyer Francois Zimeray was confident she would receive financial support from Canadian authorities and non-governmental groups.

Al Qunun captured the world’s attention with a trail of Twitter posts that ignited a #SaveRahaf movement as she fled what she said was physical and psychological abuse from her family in Saudi Arabia.

Her family has denied the abuse allegations. The publicity thwarted an attempt to deport her to Saudi Arabia after she arrived in Bangkok on a flight from Kuwait a week ago, with Thai authorities instead turning her over to the UN’s refugee agency.