A Welsh backpacker detained in the US has arrived back in the UK, her father has confirmed.
Becky Burke, 28, had been held in a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing centre for 19 days after being denied entry at the US-Canada border.
Her father Paul Burke, from Portskewett, Monmouthshire, told BBC Wales that his daughter was now back in the country.
Ms Burke was reunited with family and friends at Heathrow Airport earlier.
Mr Burke previously said he hoped his daughter would be released following a combination of media, social media and diplomatic pressure after her case was first made public last week.
Becky Burke was detained halfway through a “trip of a lifetime” backpacking across North America.
The artist had spent time with a number of families helping with household chores in return for accommodation.
At the end of February, Ms Burke travelled to Seattle with plans to go to Vancouver in Canada to stay with another family.
Paul Burke said his daughter was, however, denied entry by the Canadian authorities, who told her she needed to go back to the US, where she was then detained at the Northwest detention centre in Tacoma.
Speaking to the BBC from inside the ICE centre, Ms Burke described the conditions as “horrendous”.
At the time, a spokesperson for US Customs and Border Protection said they couldn’t discuss specific cases but that travellers were treated with “integrity, respect and according to law”.
