Rahaf Mohammed M Alqunun.
Later, she said that Australia assessed Alqunun's resettlement request.
She later said Australia was assessing Alqunun's resettlement request.
She later said that Australia was assessing Alqunun's request for resettlement.
Alqunun told Twitter earlier that he wants to seek refuge in Australia.
He said Alqunun's father wanted his daughter back but respected her decision.
Alqunun's father arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday,
but his daughter refused to meet with him.
Rahaf Mohammed M Alqunun said she was trying to flee her family,
who subjected her to physical and psychological abuse.
Alqunun was stopped Jan. 5 at a Bangkok airport by immigration police
who denied her entry and seized her passport.
The UN refugee
agency UNHCR had referred Ms Alqunun's protection request to Australia on Wednesday,
though it had not been confirmed before now that Canada was also considering her case.