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Grenada did not refuse entry of cruise line workers

This story was posted 10 months ago
14 May 2020
in Business, Health, Travel/Tourism
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by Linda Straker

  • Cruise line opted asked Government of St Vincent to hold 2 Grenadian workers
  • Arrangements are presently being made to have nationals returned from St Vincent

Grenada did not refuse to open its port for the cruise line which dropped off 2 nationals in St Vincent. The cruise line opted to ask the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines to hold the 2 workers there until the Government of Grenada can repatriate them.

Tourism Minister, Clarice Modeste, said that arrangements are presently being made to have the 2 nationals return to Grenada from St Vincent. “The cruise line called us within hours before the arrival time informing us about the two persons. We gave an option for them to use an aircraft which was already on route to Grenada but instead, they choose to ask St Vincent to accept the 2 workers and St Vincent did not refuse.”

“We are preparing for their return because they must be quarantined upon arrival. We did not abandon our people, we will bring them home, we have an obligation to our citizens. The arrangement is ongoing, they will get here,” she said, confirming that other cruise ship workers are expected to arrive in Grenada later in the month.

St Vincent’s Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves, in making this announcement via a radio interview about the two Grenadians who arrived on Wednesday via a Carnival owned ship, claimed that the (Grenada) port was closed, and the authorities would not open it for only 2 passengers. “But Carnival wants to do their work and I said I will treat the 2 Grenadians as if they are Vincentians, but if they have to be quarantined, and they will have to be quarantined, they don’t have any home here and where you don’t have a suitable home or a home at all, the cruise ship has to quarantine you (pay for the quarantine),” he said.

Last week Saturday, 2 cruise lines brought home nationals who were workers aboard. They were granted permission to berth at the Esplanade Cruise ship terminal. All returning nationals must first be placed in mandatory quarantine for at least 14 days. In the case of the cruise ship workers who returned the management of the cruise line reneged on the agreement to financially assist government with the cost.

Grenada closed its borders at all ports of entry as part of measures to reduce and contain the spread of Covid-19. However, once a special request is made and all the protocols are adopted and followed, permission is granted for an aircraft or a marine vehicle to enter.

Prime Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, has already given a commitment that all returning nationals especially those who are workers on cruise ships will not be denied entry to the island.

“We cannot deny the right of our citizens to return home but on the other hand, our returning nationals must understand, that in the midst of a health crisis, they can potentially spread the virus. Rest assured that the necessary health measures were followed. The arriving individuals were tested and transported directly to mandatory quarantine facilities,” Prime Minister Mitchell told citizens during a national address last Sunday night. “To provide further clarity on the mandatory quarantine for returning crew members, government is now single-handedly bearing the cost of almost $200,000 to provide these facilities because the cruise lines have not accepted responsibility, despite earlier agreement to do so.”

“To those who remain stranded aboard ships and in other countries, we ask you to understand that in dealing with this health crisis, the actions of government must be guided by the capacity of our healthcare system to cope with any potential outbreak of the disease,” he said.

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  1. Zola says:
    10 months ago

    I think we should thank D.r.gonzales for allowing the nationals of GRENADA to enter st.vincent. he is a socialist and that what a socialist will do. It is the constitutional and fundamental right of every citizen to return to their country . It is the law how can you really be live that a cruise ship company is going to pay for your citizens stay in his own country are we having a laugh here. But the Chinese were allowed to enter uncheck, undisturbed and went on with they business as usual the Chinese plane landed in Grenada from a place in the world that did not have the virus, can you tell me which place that would have been in the world. Wake up Grenada wake up out of your COMA.

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  2. Aword Stephen says:
    10 months ago

    Urlan Alexander,I think u need to clear/ clean up your head,,my PM is one of the best in the Caribbean,and what he did was very good,so please take back those silly words

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  3. Urlan Alexander says:
    10 months ago

    How SVG PM like dram so? Always stretching the truth to grab headlines whether good or bad. I can bet the only reason he took those sailors is for the money.

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    • Phillip says:
      10 months ago

      How is Gonsalves going to get more money when the money is going to the institution where they will be quarantined? Talk what you don’t know! Mitchell closed the damn port because he didn’t want the associated cost of having to call out non essential workers to berth a cruise ship for just two people. Nor did he want to pay another $19,000 dollars in a run down dorm. He changed his mind and now trying to spin it now but who knows, knows and who doesn’t, well you know the rest.

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    • Marcus Haynes says:
      10 months ago

      I think the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines accepted those two citizens of Grenada marely on a humanitarian basis. The Grenada government should have accepted its citizens and placed them under quarentine. Why you are criticizing him for something your government should have done, and refused to do. I’m sure that your two citizens was sending their money back Grenada to help their economy.

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  4. M. Wilson says:
    10 months ago

    It must be stressful relief for these cruise ship workers to get back on home soil.

    The expenses quoted surely do not seem in line of local housing costs – surely they are not in Sandals Suites.
    Its good that IMF, Caricom & ECCB provided this Government with such financial help to deal with COVID-19 costs and related expenses.

    Now that this issue seems to be here finally addressed: perhaps a timely effort will be made by this Government to focus on bringing our Grenadian students stranded in Wuhan, China for what likely seems like eternity to them.

    We hope Minister Dr. Modeste is even on top of that situation surely needing her attention. They are in dangerous situation over there – for way too long.

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    • A. Phillip says:
      10 months ago

      From my understanding, for each person under quarantine, it cost the government approximately $9,500 per person. This includes testing, facility, meals, etc for 14 days of quarantine.

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