The Guyana Grenada Association has been approached by several concerned Grenadian nationals and Guyanese residing in Grenada, expressing their concern about the recent deportation order and the outcome of a subsequent hearing of the Court of Appeal in St.Vincent last Monday, with respect to a young Guyanese construction worker Rudolph Holligan who works and resides in Grenada with his young wife and two toddlers.
We are advised that in the particular circumstances which resulted in the recently concluded matter with respect to a deportation order against Mr. Holligan, that it was the young Guyanese man who was a victim in the circumstances alleged.
From a humanitarian point of view, and in the spirit of Caribbean unity, the Association is calling on the Government of Grenada to reconsider its decision and not to deport Holligan and family at the expiration of his work permit and we urge a full investigation of the circumstances which resulted in the Order for deportation in the first place.
The Guyanese community in Grenada remains committed to making a responsible contribution to the rebuilding and national life of Grenada.
In the spirit of the historic good relations between our two Caricom countries and as we stand at the threshold of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy, we continue to urge all members of the Guyanese community to be good Ambassadors for Guyana in Grenada and throughout the Caricom region and to respect the laws and culture of Grenada and other Caricom states.
Likewise we urge Grenadians and Caribbean brothers and sisters to be respectful to their Guyanese brothers and sisters who work and live in their communities as we deepen an era of regional integration.
(Submitted by the GUYANA GRENADA FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY)
