Nagaland government forms panel to curb entry of undocumented migrants; streamlines ILP

The Nagaland government has formed a panel in order to check the entry of undocumented migrants and streamline the Inner-line Permit(ILP) system with an aim to built a strong policy to safeguard the rights and security of indigenous people. This move takes place after Assam Government published its final draft of National Register of Citizens(NRC) last month.

The objective of this exercise is to separate genuine Indian citizens from so-called illegal migrants who are residing illegally in the state.

The committee is headed by commissioner and secretary to the chief minister, Abhishek Singh. As said by JCPI media cell the Joint Committee on Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) submitted a representation to chief secretary Temjen Toy during a meeting in Kohima on August 18.

During the meeting, the JCPI members requested the committee to visit regional transport authorities and municipal councils own committees to discover random issuance of driving and trade licenses to suspected illegal immigrants. The release further added the committee has been asked to submit an interim report within 15 days on a comprehensive action plan and mechanisms. The JCPI hoped the committee, headed by a senior bureaucrat, would fully fulfill the demands of the public.

The joint committee requested the formation of an inner-line permit monitoring along with foreigners tribunal to tackle the problem of illegal influx. The committee even said that there are instances of that non-indigenous people were allegedly serving as village chiefs in Dimapur.

It is worth mentioning that in Arunachal Pradesh also All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) embarked on ‘Operation Clean Drive'(OCD) on August 17 against those who were identified as illegal immigrants or ILP violators after the second and final draft of NRC was published in Assam last month. Following this publication, most of the Northeastern states beefed up their vigil in view of the fact that those whose name was left in the final draft of NRC would try to creep into their states.