Fears grow for Australian-based refugee detained in Thailand

Hakeem Al-Araibi’s wife told by local immigration authorities he has been ‘taken’ and ‘would not return’

There are fears an Australian-based refugee could swiftly be deported to Bahrain from Thailand, after the man’s wife said she was told by local immigration authorities he had been “taken” and “would not return”.

Hakeem Al-Araibi arrived in Bangkok for a holiday last week but was arrested on the basis of an Interpol red notice, which is not supposed to be issued against refugees.

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