A lawyer representing three of the six Uighurs released from US military detention in Guantanamo Bay and transferred to Palau at the weekend says the men are being supported in their bid to lead peaceful, productive lives.
The men, aged in their late 30's and early 40's, and eminating from China's region of Xinjiang, were captured in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2001.
Eric Tirschwell of legal firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel says the men have been given a temporary home in Koror and will enjoy the normal freedom of movement granted Palau citizens.
He says the transferral could only take place once all neccessary support arrangements for the men were in place.
"You know, where they're going to live and what they're going to do and whether they're going to have access to classes to learn English and get job training and hopefully get employed as quickly as possible and have the neccessary financial support to allow them to get their feet on the ground, hopefully again very quickly becoming self-sufficient as they're able to."
Eric Tirschwell