Overview

• Sixteen Myanmarese nationals were enrolled during a pilot session in Serchhip’s Chanmari locality on July 30 using the Foreigners Identification Portal & Biometric Enrolment system.
• Biometric and biographic data collection began in Champhai, Lunglei on July 31 under a Ministry of Home Affairs directive.
• The state government has sanctioned Rs 38 lakh and the MHA will fund a comprehensive drive to register over 34,000 Myanmar and Bangladeshi refugees across all 11 districts starting August 5.
• The exercise records fingerprints, iris scans and demographic information through the National Informatics Centre’s portal to issue official identification documents.
• Officials stress that the registration is solely for identification purposes and does not involve any deportation measures.