Mizoram CM Zoramthanga writes to PM Modi seeking help for Myanmar refugees

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Wednesday dashed off another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking humanitarian assistance for refugees from Myanmar as more and more people pour in across the international border with Myanmar following fresh clashes between pro-democracy protestors and the military, an official said. Mizoram’s lone Lok Sabha member C Lalrosanga also […]

Mizoram MP meets senior Central officials; seeks relief for Myanmar nationals taking refuge in state

Mizoram Lok Sabha MP C Lalrosanga on Wednesday moved the Centre and raised serious concern over the plight of Myanmar nationals entering and seeking refuge in the state. The Mizoram Lok Sabha MP met Union Home Secretary Sanjeev Kumar and additional home secretary (Northeast) Piyush Goyal and informed them about the current situation. During the […]

Assam Police arrests 26 Myanmar nationals in Guwahati, forged documents recovered

As many as 26 Myanmar nationals including 10 women with forged Indian documents such as Aadhaar cards and voter ID made in Mizoram were held from the Rehabari area of Guwahati on Sunday, the police said. They were on their way to Delhi to allegedly study Bible (theology), the police added. An FIR has been […]

Children of Myanmar refugees can now study in Mizoram schools

In a humanitarian gesture, the Mizoram government has decided that around 325 children of Myanmar refugees, currently taking shelter in Mizoram after fleeing the military coup, can now attend schools across various villages of the state. Most of these children had crossed over to Mizoram with their parents to escape from the military crackdown in […]

Influx of Myanmar nationals to Mizoram continues unabated amid pandemic

The influx of Myanmar nationals into the Indian territory continues unabated, as violence escalates in various parts of Myanmar following the military coup in February this year. According to a recent report, the number of Myanmar nationals intruding into Mizoram border has skyrocketed to over 15,000 in the last month. Over 700 people from Myanmar, mostly […]

MHA directs NE states to check illegal influx of Myanmar nationals amid military coup; Mizoram govt yet to respond

The Mizoram government is likely to start hectic preparations to deport illegal migrants from Myanmar, after the Union Home Ministry asked Chief Secretaries of four states, Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal and Nagaland to sensitise all law enforcement and intelligence agencies for taking prompt steps in identifying the illegal migrants from the country and initiate the deportation […]

Incidents of influx of Myanmarese into Manipur not reported so far: CM Biren Singh

Amid ongoing violence in Myanmar after the military coup last month, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday said that incidents of the influx of people from Myanmar into Manipur has not been reported so far. He further said that security forces are put on alert at the borders. “Till now, there is no […]

7 Rohingyas to be deported to Myanmar from India

As many as 7 Rohingyas, lodged in Assam’s Silchar Central Jail since 2012 have been taken to Indo-Myanmar border town of Moreh in Manipur, from where they will be deported back to their country on Thursday. Seven of them entered India illegally in 2012 and settled down in the outskirts of Silchar near Nagatilla area. […]