a howses taj situation near belgium. >> right now the conflict t a the edges of the air space began almost as soon as russia started on syria in late september. russia gave little warning to the u.s. led coalition attacking isil in syria and iraq. frantic efforts were made. at the start of october, turkey scrambled two f 16 fighters to intercept a plane that crossed into syria. turkey also said that two of the jets had been harassed by an unidentified russia made. on the syrian border. the first time a nato member country has shot down a russian jet since the 1950's. he joins us live via skype. we have heard from the u.n., and a bomber, and nato, that they want an emphasis on deescalation, do you think that's what russia wants after this? >> to some extent, but of course right now, russia is seeing itself on the wrong side, because we lost a plane, we lost pilots and that actually, there was additional announcement here in moscow, but defense ministry the acknowledged those losing helicopters and this in the same area, and one russian marine is reported also killed in that action. a syrian

. >> reporter: christian action is one of the groups helping to howse and feed the growing number of refugees fleeing persecution and seeking protection in hong kong. >> basic needs are taken away from a lot of these people and that's really where the refugee community has to depend on organisations like ours >> reporter: the government wasn't available for comment. unlike most other nations, hong kong is not a signatory to the u.n.'s convention on the status of refugees. china is, but it hasn't been extended here. while it has, the u.n. convention against torture, which prohibits deporting refugees to countries where they face persecution, 11 out of 13,000 cases are accepted here since 1993. that compares to a global average of around 27%. even if they are successful and recognised as a refugee, the government in hong kong doesn't offer most of them the rights they would have under the refugee convention, including the right to work. >> the best they can get is a temporary permission to work, but that's only after years of misery and delay, and there's no, you know, proper status >>