A large number of people belonging to the Kuki Zo tribal community organised rallies in Manipur and Mizoram on May 16 to denounce the government’s decision to cancel Free Movement Regime (FMR) with Myanmar and fencing of the international border with the neighbouring country.
The Centre has announced erecting fencing on the Indo-Myanmar border and cancellation of the FMR to address the issue of illegal immigration from the other side of the boundary.
The Manipur and Central governments blamed illegal immigration as one of the reasons of the ethnic strife in the northeastern State, which led to the death of more than 200 people since May 3 last year.
