The Home Ministry has called for the border fence in Manipur, which separates India from Myanmar, to be tracked as soon as possible. To Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh. On the House floor, the Chief Minister disclosed this information. In addition, the central government stopped cross-border travel and took measures to identify and deport illegal immigrants.
It is important to note that Arunachal (520 km), Nagaland (215 km), Manipur (398 km), and Mizoram (510 km) all share the 1,643 km international boundary. The goal of building the border fence is to stop unauthorized access into the nation. Some paramilitary groups that were impeding peace efforts have also been moved. Home Minister Amit Shah received a memo from civil entities and organizations in Nagaland earlier this week asking for the return of illegal migrants and fugitives from Myanmar to their nation. Additionally, they wanted the Assam Rifles to leave the Kamjong districts of Manipur and the Indo-Myanmar frontiers.
The United Naga Council (UNC), Naga Women’s Union (NWU), All Naga Students Association Manipur (ANSAM) and Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPM-HR) together submitted the memorandum to the Home Minister. The organisations highlighted that about 5,457 illegal immigrants from Myanmar are being sheltered in eight Tangkhul villages in Manipur’s Kamjong district, adding that ‘the inmates have outnumbered the local residents.’ The memorandum stressed on the lack of law enforcement agencies to effectively control increasing activities of anti-social, adding that foreign culture has overwhelmed the native customary practices due to sheer population imbalances.
