A Saudi teen who fled her home country over fears she would be killed by her allegedly abusive family has reacted to news Australia is considering granting her asylum.
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun sent a message after the reports emerged, revealing her joy at the possibility of being resettled in Australia as a refugee.
'Is it true??? Australia wants me to go there??? I'm so happy,' Ms al-Qunun wrote, according to ABC News.
The 18-year-old's message was accompanied by a series of emojis, including praying hands, a smiley face and a dancing woman.
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Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun (pictured) has reacted to news Australia is considering granting her asylum, saying, 'Is it true??? Australia wants me to go there??? I'm so happy'
Ms al-Qunun, pictured at Bangkok airport, ran away from a family trip to Kuwait last week and flew to Thailand in the hope of reaching Australia on a tourist visa
The 18-year-old was detained in Thailand following her arrival in the country. She is pictured having barricaded herself in an airport hotel room in a bid to avoid deportation
Australia's Department of Home Affairs revealed on Wednesday it will consider Ms al-Qunun's referral from the United Nations, which ruled she was a refugee.
'The UNHCR has referred Ms Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun to Australia for consideration for refugee resettlement,' a statement from the department said.
'The Department of Home Affairs will consider this referral in the usual way, as it does with all UNHCR referrals.'
Ms al-Qunun will be subject to Australian checks before she is granted a humanitarian visa, including character and security assessments.
But Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said Ms al-Qunun will not be given any 'special treatment'.
'Nobody wants to see a young girl in distress and she has obviously now found a safe haven in Thailand,' Mr Dutton said.
Ms al-Qunun (pictured) claims her family would kill her if she were sent home to Saudi Arabia, where she has renounced Islam and 'rebelled' against her father
Ms al-Qunun's defiant message after her ordeal in Bangkok airport was to 'fight and get your rights'
The Saudi teenager posted the caption 'Hey.. I'm happy', alongside a smiling selfie on her Twitter account after the United Nations ruled she was a refugee
Ms al-Qunun remains in Thailand after she ran away from a family trip to Kuwait last week and flew to Bangkok in the hope of reaching Australia on a tourist visa.
She barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room with a table and mattress on Saturday after she was barred from entering Thailand and the Thai government threatened to deport her back to Kuwait.
Ms al-Qunun is currently in the care of United Nations officials and under the protection of Thai police.
She has claimed her family would kill her if she were sent home to Saudi Arabia, where she has renounced Islam and 'rebelled' against her father.
The 18-year-old took to Twitter to post updates on her detention in an appeal for help from international authorities.
Her father and brother arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday but Ms al-Qunun refused to meet them.
Ms al-Qunun's father denied ever physically abusing her, Thai immigration chief General Surachate Hakparn told reporters.
'He said that he has been taking good care of his daughter, he never forced her or hurt her. He said that in Saudia Arabia there is an agency that enforces the law [against abuse], and he certainly couldn't do anything illegal,' General Surachate said.
Ms al-Qunun will be subject to Australian checks before she is granted a humanitarian visa, including character and security assessments
Ms al-Qunun is currently in the care of UN officials and under the protection of Thai police
'He has 10 children. He said the daughter might feel neglected sometimes. But he didn't go into detail.'
When the United Nations ruled Ms al-Qunun is officially a refugee, she posted a selfie on Twitter with the caption, 'Hey... I'm happy', alongside a heart and praying hands emoji.
She then added in a separate post: 'Don't let anyone break your wings, you're free. fight and get your RIGHTS!', followed by a post in Arabic which read, 'I made it'.
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