Canada granted asylum to a Sri Lankan family who hid ex-CIA officer Edward Snowden in 2013. writing RIA Novosti in reference to the Canadian organization For Refugees. At that time, Snowden was in hiding in Hong Kong.
Sri Lankans Supun Tilina Kellapatha and Nadika Dilrukshi Nonis and their two children, Setumdi and Dinat, will be granted permanent resident status in Canada, the organization said in a statement.
“We are extremely happy to see that this long ordeal is finally over for Supun, Nadika and their children,” said For the Refugees President Marc-André Seguen.
In 2019 two more refugees arrived in Canada – Filipina Vanessa Rodel and her daughter Keana, they also helped Snowden. In Hong Kong, there is another Sri Lankan who helped the ex-CIA officer. Because the Refugees fear that his life is in danger.
Edward Snowden is an American technician and former employee of the CIA and the United States National Security Agency. In early June 2013, Snowden provided The Guardian and The Washington Post with classified NSA information regarding the total surveillance of information communications between citizens of many states around the world by US intelligence services. In the United States, a spy case has been opened against him.
Fleeing persecution, Snowden sought asylum in several countries, including Russia. On August 1, 2014, he received a residence permit in the Russian Federation, in 2020 – an unlimited residence permit in Russia and applied for Russian citizenship.
In 2020, a son was born to Edward Snowden and his wife Lindsay Mills in Russia.
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