Continuing the fight to detect illegal migrants (Bangladeshis and Rohingyas) the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway has nabbed 256 illegal migrants and 18 Indian agents during checks across various stations of N.F. Railway from January till September 2024.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh informed on Saturday that the state government has requested the Centre to permanently freeze the Free Movement Regime (FMR) agreement of 2018 between India and Myanmar that allows people residing near the Inernational border international border to travel 16 km into each other’s territoriesÂ
It is to be mentioned that Manipur and Mizoram governments have already appointed nodal officers to undertake the process to capture biographic and biometric details of ‘illegal migrants’ in their states; and nearly 2,500 illegal migrants have been identified so far.