Refugee footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi en route to Australia after Bahrain drops extradition request

Refugee footballer Hakeen Al-Araibi is on his way home to Australia after being released from detention in Thailand.

นายฮะคีม อัล-อะไรบี ขณะเดินทางออกประเทศไทยที่สนามบินสุวรรณภูมิ Source: AAP via SBS News

Al-Araibi is expected to touch down in Melbourne about 1pm on Tuesday after spending more than two months in a Bangkok prison.

The Bangkok Post tweeted on Monday night that he was expected to be on a Thai Airways flight arriving at 1.05pm on Tuesday.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here.