Osama bin Laden's son Omar arrived in Qatar after being deported from Egypt today following his return from a failed bid to secure political asylum in Spain.
Omar and his wife, Zaina Alsabah bin Laden, were barred from entering Egypt on their return from Spain.
Yesterday, Spain definitively turned down his request for political asylum after he said his life was in danger in the Middle East because he is a pacifist.
Omar, one of the 19 children of the fugitive founder of the al-Qaeda terror group, had appealed against Spain's refusal on Wednesday to grant him asylum, which he asked for shortly after arriving in Madrid on a flight from Cairo.
But Spanish authorities deemed that his security was not in danger and he returned to Cairo late yesterday.
His wife condemned what she said had been a 'political decision', adding that the couple had been trying to raise money to fly to New Zealand instead of returning to Egypt.
Spain's interior ministry said Wednesday's decision to turn down the asylum claim was in line with the opinion of the UN refugee agency.
