The ministry of Home affairs (NE Division) has written to the chief secretaries ofNagaland,Arunachal Pradeshand Manipur, which share borders with Myanmar, saying that an illegal influx fromMyanmarhas started and that the three states should not to grant refugee status to any foreigner.
The letter also instructed the three states and the ASSAM RIFLES, the India-Myanmar border guarding force, to stay alert and take appropriate action to prevent a possible influx from the neighbouring country into Indian territory.
The ministry said in 2017instructionswere issued to the chief secretaries of all state governments to sensitise all law enforcement and intelligence agencies to take prompt steps to identify illegal migrants and initiate the deportation processes without delay. MHAs foreigners division had also issued similar instructions to the chief secretaries advising them to restrict illegal migrants to specific locations, capture their biographic and biometric particulars, and cancel fake Indian documents.
Mizoram CM Zoramthanga had earlier said the and people of Mizoram would welcome any ethnicMizoor anyone being persecuted for participating in the pro-democratic movement in neighbouring Myanmar.