it's a ticket to the journey back to the roots government of. the church family from somalia lives around the world the money needed urgent assistance. the family starts october on d w. this is the dublin there's a show coming up they're refugees who gave refuge. to themselves so foreign and that's what among those edward snowden in hong kong 6 years back for themselves and welcome in that city with stored in the guardian angels ever have a home coming up. plastics to food another program in the philippines allows people to do just that but doesn't tackle the root causes of plastic produce a.

i'm going to spend 3 welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us. now they've been called snowden's guardian angels and with good reason and that because family that's the 2 people of the immediate right over here they are among those who hate a fugitive whistleblower edward snowden in their home in hong kong as he was on the run from u.s. authorities that was back in 2030 since then edward snowden has been granted asylum in russia and today has released his autobiography prominent record it details the crisis of conscience that led the former n.s.a. contractor to leak classified documents revealing the extent of u.s. and u.k. government surveillance but that's material for suporn and the data both refugees from. their families asylum applications in hong kong have been rejected they are

now faced with deportation and an uncertain future. it's just a game for 3 year old enough but for his family hiding has become a way of life one they're desperate to leave behind a 7 year old said sunday was just a baby. and tina was not even born when their parents asylum seekers from sri lanka found themselves sheltering us intelligence contracted turned whistleblower edward snowden since their role in his story came to light they haven't felt safe father suppose and received threatening phone calls some course. in real way door to study for their trade rescaling so we brought it home and we cared for my whole point importers was sleeping disorder or one really horrible one we really have to be always. real to be always be safe it's very difficult

the family's lawyer says they've been followed and questioned by hong kong authorities to to their association with snowden but despite the pressure they're under now supposin and his wife need to say they don't regret helping him he need the head of the day. we we're here when and when he saw. someone he would you come to me you know as he said to me i want to stay here somebody is someone i want to. kill me you know this for me i will help you know move to. hong kong has rejected the family's asylum claims but they have one hope they've applied for asylum in canada earlier this year that country accepted one of the other families who helped edward snowden and hong kong filipino vanessa rojo and her daughter kiana her father is supposed to both families are close and the separation has taken its toll. one of my kids know they have. the

freedom and independence they've always had a lot to watch. the family always stick together when they leave that tiny apartment in downtown hong kong the parents face deportation back to sri lanka where they fled persecution and abuse canada is still processing their asylum claims they wait and they hope to be together and to be safe from them. next and they see people in good. faith. that. freedom is that way but with no news from canada on that cases freedom feels a long way off. and joining us dollars. from one trial he's the attorney for doing together so point in the because asylum officers and forgot about good to have you on is the commissioner up if i can just ask you at the outset how also for member because asylum applications going. so the application are currently pending so

we're waiting for results on these applications and we've added we'll discuss them sure but we've added a humanitarian component to it asking for immediate family reunification so at this time we're waiting for those decisions but i'm just wondering why you just thinking so long because it was our live in the you know the the mess and kyung on the other refugees who give shelter to a bookstore they were given asylum in kind of a wise approving so problematic for suborning the duke of. york and you are correct and this is something we've been asking the kenyan government for a couple of months now why was it because it's so easy to treat her so quickly to treat and how is that the others are are taking so much time the only thing i thing i can think is that the next from a different country in venice us a different background each and every stories are different superman as historian has her story and they have different agent different case officers as well so.

still there's no reason why this is taking so much time but these are elements that allow us to maybe joinder stand a bit more the context as to why is it it is that long for for the other to the fact that support and help edward snowden 6 years back do you think that has anything to do with in processing applications. well vanessa would out and face the same problem because the knesset did help as well all of the 7 snowden refugees did help so i'm not sure their rap lead this has an impact it could it's hard for us to absolutely know what's going on into the immigration case officers files but considering that this does not put did not pursue vanessa's case i'm thinking it might be something else and again i'll relate to maybe a different case officer different countries different stories different issues but i am not sure it's only based on the student health one of your own let's talk about want to rob a table who is the other lawyer who's working on the gears i know that you guys are

in close touch on this montana he told my colleague who was ultimately we're not talking about this case he said and i quote that he believed there was a systematic dogging of those who helped mr snowden could not offer some clues as to why this is taking so long it is possible what mr steve is saying is correct in a sense where we are trying to understand why there's a case that was a couple of months ago expedited and there's another case or been delaying and we're trying to understand why and we're trying to find reasons as to why it is despotic says did is just targeting is this any other issue we're trying to find out what we don't have to salute answer at this time but what something sure is that there is no reason why a father should be separated from his darter and that much long time in kiana now the daughter of sukhumi is in canada and she's waiting to see her daddy and her sister and her brother and there's no way that canada can continue to separate go

soundly quite longer there is just one other question it draws cure. it was off to all of those storms from snowden was a news conference to 16 of the refugees went public with their careers do you think that was a mistake. i don't think it was a mistake i think the pressure was quite intense on every asylum seekers and on kong at the time and i think the story might have got it wrong and i think some people would have wanted to take credit or or change their real story about what happened so i think it was important step facts were set straight and it was important that those courageous people who did the courage of sting were able to come up front with this sin and today as they're seeking as i learned based on this held and today they did let's hope let's hope they all have a final very good ending for the courageous and brave thing did your inclusion evolve thanks very much for speaking to us thank you very much thank you.

it's reliable and cheap plastic is king when it comes to food packaging in the philippines but the country is now talking on plastic waste and i saw in its public spaces and on its coastlines one tone on the outskirts of manila has decided to address the problem and on over to found a way to entice people to pick up lost or pierced rather than leave it to pileup. one man's trash is this woman's treasure from a candle or co can soon turn these plastics into food the 49 year old is not a magician. this is how the transformation happens veronica collects and brings garbage to officials of the buy in on village. for every 2 kilos of plastic she gets a kilo of rice through a program introduced by the local government in june. or in.

the us i weighed in at 14 kilos of waste so i got 7 kilos of rice. this is a big help for us in that and to have one kilo of rice for the day. the waste will then be passed on to the country's national government either for proper disposal or recycling the villages captain says the initiative has been effective in cleaning up by and. he said a good many. months destroyed system because some people nowadays just don't take the initiative when there's no incentive. this is what we saw today so they can have food and something to call. the philippines is one of the biggest ocean polluters of plastic in the world the country uses around 48000000 shopping bags every day that's on top of millions of other types of one use plastic bags seems like this are all too familiar to

veronica it's an eyesore she says. it's so dirty all this waste that if i could i would pick up all the plastic along the road where ever i see it when i go out for a walk i bring my bag and pick up garbage whenever possible. but even if the number of collectors like for ana is increasing the root of the problem still persists plastic is everywhere. this is really how products are best packaged today well that's why there's so much plastic what i'm going to that's why there's so much waste because every product we buy every day is in these things not this battle i haven't found anybody. but organizers say the plastic for rice program is already bringing positive change

opening an avenue for people to properly dispose of their waste. for ana because hard work has paid off and now it's time for a good meal. a dyno well that's it for no other stories from the region and this show are available on our website do double dot com for what you can find us on facebook and twitter as well. just trying to let you know that all the 10 river systems in the water that carry the most plastic waste into the oceans 8. believe in all with a few pictures to remind you of the extent of the problem in the region. but.

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