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| Four adults (from left) Ajith, Supun, his partner Nadeeka and Filipino refugee Vanessa Rodel helped Edward Snowden |
Their cases were rejected because their countries were deemed safe, one lawyer said, calling the move "unreasonable".
The group, who are also seeking asylum in Canada, have 14 days to appeal.
The asylum-seekers - a Sri Lankan couple with two children, a Sri Lankan man and a Filipino mother with a daughter - were introduced to Edward Snowden by their lawyer, Robert Tibbo.
He brought him to their homes in 2013 just after the former National Security Agency contractor revealed he had leaked classified information to the press revealing widespread US government surveillance.
The identity of the group, who sheltered him for about two weeks, only became public shortly before the release of an Oliver Stone film about the whistleblower.
"We now have less than two weeks to submit appeals before the families are deported," Mr Tibbo said.
There are about 10,000 asylum seekers in Hong Kong. But the territory only recognised 72 people as refugees between 2009 and December 2016, the South China Morning Post reported in February.
Most spend years in limbo waiting for the government - which is
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