Thailand halted plans Monday to expel an 18-year-old Saudi woman fleeing her family after she barricaded herself inside an airport hotel to prevent immigration officials putting her on a flight to Kuwait.
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun has been at Bangkok's international airport since Saturday when she arrived on a flight from Kuwait. She has said she fears she will be killed if she is returned to her family, which could not be reached for comment on her accusations of abuse.
Thai officials now plan to meet representatives of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to discuss the case, immigration chief Surachate Hakparn told reporters.