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UAE woman who fled family begs to be allowed to claim asylum
Source: The Guardian
UAE woman who fled family begs to be allowed to claim asylum
Hind Mohammed al-Bolooki could be sent home after North Macedonia rejected her claim
Bethan McKernan Middle East correspondent
Mon 11 Feb 2019 00.11 GMT
An Emirati woman who fled her family and is now trapped in a detention centre in North Macedonia is begging to be allowed to claim asylum elsewhere instead of being deported back home, the Guardian has learned.
Hind Mohammed al-Bolooki, 43, says she was locked in a room at her home in Dubai in October last year by family members after she asked for a divorce, but she managed to escape and leave the country.
Her asylum application in North Macedonia was rejected on Tuesday after what Bolooki’s friends claim was pressure on the local authorities from the UAE to send her back to her family.
Bolooki was given a grace period of 15 days to leave the country, but she has been held at a detention centre for immigrants since 7 December with no prospect of release, and it is feared she will be deported back to the UAE when the clock runs out.
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Hind Mohammed al-Bolooki could be sent home after North Macedonia rejected her claim
Bethan McKernan Middle East correspondent
Mon 11 Feb 2019 00.11 GMT
An Emirati woman who fled her family and is now trapped in a detention centre in North Macedonia is begging to be allowed to claim asylum elsewhere instead of being deported back home, the Guardian has learned.
Hind Mohammed al-Bolooki, 43, says she was locked in a room at her home in Dubai in October last year by family members after she asked for a divorce, but she managed to escape and leave the country.
Her asylum application in North Macedonia was rejected on Tuesday after what Bolooki’s friends claim was pressure on the local authorities from the UAE to send her back to her family.
Bolooki was given a grace period of 15 days to leave the country, but she has been held at a detention centre for immigrants since 7 December with no prospect of release, and it is feared she will be deported back to the UAE when the clock runs out.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/10/uae-woman-who-fled-family-begs-to-be-allowed-to-claim-asylum