Syrian refugee Noujain Mustaffa's thank you to TV soap star

A young Syrian refugee has expressed her delight after a US soap star filmed a special scene in her honour.

Noujain Mustaffa is a disabled 16-year-old Syrian migrant who made the odyssey to Europe in her wheelchair. She told journalists she had learnt English by watching the US soap opera, Days of Our Lives.

One of its characters - played by James Scott - "returned from the dead" in a specially filmed spoof scene in tribute to Noujain, external.

She posted a video message online expressing her thanks to everyone involved.