Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday said that his government had detected 5,457 illegal immigrants in Kamjong district of the State as of May 7, out of which biometric data has been collected for 5,173.
Their deportation process is underway, the CM said in a post on social media platform X, adding that his government had been handling the “alarming situation” with “utmost sensitivity”. “We have been giving humanitarian aid to all the illegal immigrants who were detected so far,” Mr. Singh said.
Kamjong is one of the districts in Manipur that shares its eastern border with Myanmar. To the west of Kamjong are parts of Thoubal and Kangpokpi districts. Ever since the military coup in Myanmar and the subsequent actions of the junta, many Myanmar people living near the border have crossed over into Mizoram and Manipur due to their shared ethnic ties with the people of these States.
