The canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau confirms the Friday evening Danish time, that Canada will grant asylum to an 18-year-old saudi woman who is on the run from his family.

This writes the news agency Reuters.

the Woman named Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun left the previous Friday Bangkok, where she has been since she Monday fled from his family.

The young woman was with her family on a visit in Kuwait, when she decided to escape from Thailand. The woman, who allegedly renounced islam, says that she fears that her family turns her death.

She searched Monday refuge in a hotel room in Bangkok. Later she got of the Thailand authorities a temporary authorisation to reside in the country.

the Woman, who allegedly renounced islam, says that she fears that her family turns her death.

The saudi woman has attracted great international attention. It began when she, in hiding in the hotel room in Bangkok created a Twitter profile.

Here updated she is about her situation during the hashtagget #SaveRahaf.

She was subsequently handed over to the UNHCR – united nations high commissioner For refugees. On Wednesday, she was given status as a refugee.

The saudi arabian teenager has shut down his Twitter account again. According to several of the woman’s friends because she received death threats.