Hong Kong (CNN) Canadian authorities have granted asylum to a woman and her daughter who housed Edward Snowden in Hong Kong after the former NSA contractor leaked classified documents on US surveillance programs around the world in 2013.

The decision allows Philippines national Vanessa Rodel and her 7-year-old daughter Keana to leave Hong Kong after living in the city without proper legal status for years.

"I'm truly happy," Rodel said. "I'm so excited. I can't sleep."

Rodel and two Sri Lankan families put up Snowden shortly after he went public in 2013.

At the time, Snowden's lawyer Robert Tibbo worried that his client could face possible rendition back to the US, where he was branded a traitor.

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