: Mizoram to give identity cards to nearly 16,000 Myanmar refugees, say reports #IndiaNEWS The Mizoram government will provide identity cards to refugees from Myanmar who have taken shelter in the state

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Mizoram to give identity cards to nearly 16,000 Myanmar refugees, say reports #IndiaNEWS
The Mizoram government will provide identity cards to refugees from Myanmar who have taken shelter in the state since a military coup in their country last February, The Times of India reported on Sunday.Mizoram Home Secretary Vanlalngaihsaka told The Times of India that the government has already started the process of giving identity cards to nearly 16,000 refugees, but the drive has slowed down due to the coronavirus pandemic.Mizoram shares a 510 kilometres-long border with Myanmar. In August, the Union government had told Rajya Sabha that more than 8,400 Myanmarese refugees had crossed over into India since the coup. Of them, 5,796 refugees had been sent back, the Centre had said. However, authorities in Mizoram have put the number of Myanmarese refugees significantly higher. In June itself, the state’s police had said that 9,247 Myanmarese citizens took refuge in Mizoram. They included more than 20 Myanmarese legislators, a police officer had told PTI in June.Meanwhile, on Saturday, an unidentified government official told The Economic Times that it was a challenging work to provide the ID cards as the refugees were dispersed at several sites, and many of them were staying with their relatives.Myanmar coupThe military coup in Myanmar on February 1 last year followed the landslide victory of the National League for Democracy and Aung San Suu Kyi in the...Read more

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