The two Saudi sisters stranded in Hong Kong fearing deportation have been 'allowed to continue to stay pending determination of their application to a third country place of safety.'
Two Saudi sisters marooned in Hong Kong after fleeing their family have reportedly been allowed to temporarily stay, despite city immigration authorities previously indicating the pair would be"tolerated" until February 28.
On Thursday, they were fearing deportation and issued a fresh appeal on asking authorities to allow them to remain as"tolerated overstayers" while they seek"emergency rescue visas to a third country". The young women, aged 20 and 18, said they made a break from an abusive family during a holiday in Sri Lanka last September, with the intention of heading for Australia.The two women - who use the aliases Reem and Rawan - said they were intercepted by Saudi consular officials at Hong Kong's airport and had their air tickets cancelled.
"We are in fear every day we are in Hong Kong," the two sisters said in a statement posted late Thursday on the Facebook page of their lawyer' firm."We want to leave to a third country place of safety as soon as possible. We hope that this will happen soon and that the Hong Kong government will continue to allow us to stay here until then," they added.
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