in october of 2009, six were sent around the world to palau. palau is a tiny pacific island nation of just 20,000 residents. as a former u.s. territory, the country has had strong military and financial ties to the u.s. for years. the uighurs' arrival here was supposed to be a fresh start. but the front page of the main palauan newspaper reported their arrival like this "a plane arrived at the wee hours and emerged six bearded muslim terrorists in shackles and guarded by many fully armed commandos. the men told us that first impression has been very hard to shake. >> they show, the newspapers show us, the others, like terrorists. they think, oh, six terrorists came here, see bad. when they saw us, very angry, they ask, why you are here. >> reporter: the uighurs say they stick to themselves. over the years as what was supposed to be just a temporary stay in palau has stretched on year after year. their lawyers, along with the palauan government have worked hard to bring some of their family members to join them. ahmad tourson who says he went to