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A Saudi woman was reportedly detained at Manila airport where she was wrapped up like a mummy and forced to return home as she tried to seek asylum in Australia.

Dina Ali Lasloom, 24, was said to be travelling from Kuwait when she was intercepted in the Philippines on a stopover by authorities.

According to reports, Dina chose to escape her homeland to live as a refugee in Australia where she hoped to receive asylum.

In Saudi Arabia women are banned from driving, allowed little contact with men and are unable to marry or leave the country without permission from their father or husband.

Activists claimed Dina's passport was confiscated at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport before she was forced to board a flight to Saudi Arabia where it is feared she may be murdered.

(Image: Twitter)

(Image: Twitter)

Her arms and legs were said to be bound, her mouth duct-taped shut while her body was apparently wrapped in bed sheets.

Videos were posted of a woman, purported to be Dina, arguing with airport officials as she is heard shouting "that's not my father" and "you're not helping, you don't know them," in reference to her family.

Saudi campaigners reported Dina was seen arriving in the country in a wheelchair as her fate remains unknown.

The reports have sparked an online appeal by social media users to help Dina using the hashtag #SaveDinaAli after allegations over her treatment emerged.

A Save Dina Ali petition has also been launched.

But authorities have cast doubt on the version of events.

The Philippines Bureau of Immigration reportedly denied detaining the young woman .

While the Saudi embassy in the Philippines confirmed a woman had returned to Saudi Arabia following a "family affair".