Grenada returned 15 Haitians who arrived over weekend to Trinidad and Tobago.
The Haitians have been returned on Monday night time after they have been denied entry into the Spice Isle, with immigration officers saying they weren’t deported to the oil-rich Caribbean Group (CARICOM) nation.
“They have been denied entry to the island, they weren’t deported, so that they have been returned to Trinidad on Monday night time which is the port of embarkation on the way in which to Grenada,” stated Superintendent Leroy Joseph, who’s the pinnacle of the Immigration Division.
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In consequence, Port of Spain will now be liable for their onward journey.
Joseph stated the group comprising seven ladies and eight males ranging between the ages of 20 and 40 had arrived in Grenada as vacationers and had not sought refugee standing or political asylum.
Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell advised a information convention on Monday immigration officers throughout their regular routine checks have been in a position to verify that the Haitians would have been a cost on the general public purse in the event that they have been permitted to enter the nation.
He defined that as a result of Haiti is a CARICOM member there are particular and restricted grounds that can be utilized to forestall a CARICOM nationwide from getting into.
“One in every of which is a cost on the general public purse and the second can be in broad phrases, nationwide safety danger, on this case, it was purely on the idea of a cost on the general public purse,” he stated.
“If you’re not a citizen of Grenada and also you come to Grenada, you may solely be staying at a resort for a minimum of one night time except you might have a pal or household, and within the absence of buddies or household it means that you’ve to have the ability to afford a resort a minimum of for one night time.”
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