An appeal by Jack and Ida Grant against an order issued in February declaring them to be prohibited immigrants in Rhodesia, has been finally turned down by the High Court. The Grants, who have lived in Rhodesia for many years as missionaries, finally left the country on 22 May, 5 days before an ultimatum issued against them by the Smith regime was due to expire. The Grants were told that they had lost their domicile in Rhodesia after filling in an immigration form while on a visit to America in 1975.
On 20 May a blind Norwegian missionary, Rev. Kare Eriksson, and his wife Asta, were refused entry into Rhodesia when they arrived at Salisbury airport after a year's absence in Norway. Rev. Eriksson first came to Rhodesia in the 1940's, when he served in the Tambara Mission near Cashel Valley. He later moved to the Epworth Mission of the American United Methodist Church outside Salisbury, and served as administrative assistant to Bishop Muzorewa for 7 years. No reason was given by the regime for the decision to ban the Erikssons, and they flew out of the country on the same aircraft in which they had arrived.
