Grenada To Deport 15 Haitian Nationals

GRENADA – Fifteen Haitian nationals, who entered the island of Grenada as a tourist group on Sunday, are set to be deported.

The news from the Grenadian government which says immigration officials have determined they would be a burden on the public purse.

Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, who is also the Minister for National Security and Immigration, telling a news conference Monday the group arrived on a flight from neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago.

Mitchell acknowledged that the political and economic situation in Haiti will be discussed at the three-day Caricom summit to be held in The Bahamas beginning Wednesday.