A senior Mizoram Home Department official said a new biometric enrollment portal has already been prepared by the department, but the process will start after receiving detailed instructions from the Home Ministry.
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma had recently said that the state government has in principle decided to record biometric details of refugees from Myanmar and a portal is ready to collect this data.
After the military junta seized power in Myanmar on February 1, 2021, around 34,000 people, including women, elderly and children, from the neighboring country took shelter in 11 districts of Mizoram. A home department official told IANS that at least 10,550 Myanmarese are living in 111 relief camps in six districts, while another 9,300 live in the houses of relatives or friends as well as rented accommodation.
Similarly, at least 8,000 Myanmarese have taken refuge in Tengnoupal, Chandel, Churachandpur and Kamjong districts of neighboring Manipur and the state government has already recorded biometric details of most of the refugees.A Manipur home department official said the state government, in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and central security forces, has deported 115 Myanmar nationals, including women and children, in three phases since March 8.
Immigrants from Myanmar have been deported through Moreh border in Tengnoupal district of Manipur.
Mizoram and Manipur have 518 km and 400 km of unfenced borders with Myanmar respectively.
The MHA had asked both the Manipur and Mizoram governments to begin recording biometric and biographical data of all Myanmar refugees by early 2022.
Although the BJP-led government in Manipur immediately initiated the process, the then Mizoram government led by the Mizo National Front (MNF) refused, claiming that the people of Myanmar are "brothers and sisters of Mizos and as such initiative will discriminate against them. After the Lalduhoma-led Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) came to power by defeating the MNF in the November 7, 2023 assembly elections, the new state government, after initial hesitation, is, in principle, planning to start the process of collecting data. Agreed to.The Manipur government was keen to repatriate the refugees from Myanmar, but the Mizoram government urged the Center to provide financial assistance for their relief and to grant "refugee" status to the people of Myanmar.
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said that although India is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, it has provided shelter and assistance to those fleeing the crisis in Myanmar on humanitarian grounds.
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma had recently said that the state government has in principle decided to record biometric details of refugees from Myanmar and a portal is ready to collect this data.
After the military junta seized power in Myanmar on February 1, 2021, around 34,000 people, including women, elderly and children, from the neighboring country took shelter in 11 districts of Mizoram. A home department official told IANS that at least 10,550 Myanmarese are living in 111 relief camps in six districts, while another 9,300 live in the houses of relatives or friends as well as rented accommodation.
Similarly, at least 8,000 Myanmarese have taken refuge in Tengnoupal, Chandel, Churachandpur and Kamjong districts of neighboring Manipur and the state government has already recorded biometric details of most of the refugees.A Manipur home department official said the state government, in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and central security forces, has deported 115 Myanmar nationals, including women and children, in three phases since March 8.
Immigrants from Myanmar have been deported through Moreh border in Tengnoupal district of Manipur.
Mizoram and Manipur have 518 km and 400 km of unfenced borders with Myanmar respectively.
The MHA had asked both the Manipur and Mizoram governments to begin recording biometric and biographical data of all Myanmar refugees by early 2022.
Although the BJP-led government in Manipur immediately initiated the process, the then Mizoram government led by the Mizo National Front (MNF) refused, claiming that the people of Myanmar are "brothers and sisters of Mizos and as such initiative will discriminate against them. After the Lalduhoma-led Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) came to power by defeating the MNF in the November 7, 2023 assembly elections, the new state government, after initial hesitation, is, in principle, planning to start the process of collecting data. Agreed to.The Manipur government was keen to repatriate the refugees from Myanmar, but the Mizoram government urged the Center to provide financial assistance for their relief and to grant "refugee" status to the people of Myanmar.
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said that although India is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, it has provided shelter and assistance to those fleeing the crisis in Myanmar on humanitarian grounds.
