Later, the then 18-year-old girl was allowed to legally stay in Thailand for a period of time during which she was seeking refuge in a third country with the help of the Bangkok branch of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

She was granted asylum by Canada as a "resettled refugee" on Jan 11, 2019 and arrived in Toronto the next day.

After learning that her family had released a statement disowning her, she decided to drop al-Qunun from her name and to be known as "Rahaf Mohammed."

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