AIZAWL: Following the direction of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Mizoram government started the process to collect biometrics and biographic data of Myanmar and Bangladeshi refugees taking shelter in the northeastern state after fleeing from their countries, officials said here on Thursday.
An official of the Mizoram Home Department said that the Champhai and Lunglei district administrations started the biometric data collection for Myanmar and Bangladesh refugees on Thursday.
He said that the Serchhip district administration in central Mizoram on Wednesday first launched the biometric enrolment drive for the refugees. The process of recording biometric and biographic data of Myanmar and Bangladeshi refugees on the ‘Foreigners Identification Portal and Biometric Enrolment’ for displaced persons from Myanmar and Bangladeshi nationals would be done in all 11 districts of Mizoram.
Champhai district is home to 13,586 refugees, while Lunglei hosts around 2,000 refugees. According to the official, the MHA would bear the cost of expenditure of the biometrics and biographic data collection, the Mizoram government, however, has already sanctioned Rs 38 lakh to initiate the process. (IANS)
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