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government surveillance: Hong Kong-based attorney Robert Tibbo said Canada needs to take this exceptional step and allow the seven people to enter the country after the Hong Kong government rejected their asylum applications last Friday, according to Toronto Star. The seven people four adults and their three children allegedly helped hide Snowden when the fugitive was in the region in 2013 after he leaked documents revealing extensive U.S. government surveillance. Vincent Yu / The Associated Press By Kelvin Chan The Associated Press Mon., May 15, 2017 MONTREAL The families who sheltered U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden in Hong Kong need to be brought to Canada immediately while the country processes their asylum claims, their lawyers said Monday. They were put in contact with Snowden because they share Tibbo as a lawyer. He asked for donations to help cover the 15,000 he said it will cost to file the appeals. Read more Article Continued Below Trump's firing of FBI boss Comey is alarming, Snowden says Families who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong seek refuge in Canada Russia extends residence permit for Edward Snowden react-empty 157 Speaking from Hong Kong through a video conference, surrounded by the seven refugee applicants, Tibbo told reporters they have two weeks to appeal the decision or risk deportation to their countries of origin, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, where they fear for their safety. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.