"Can't Deny Shelter, Only Thing Is...": Manipur Chief Minister On Myanmar Refugees
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The administration needs to collect biometric details of those who have taken refuge in Kamjong district after fleeing from Myanmar, said Biren Singh.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said that shelter cannot be denied to those seeking it on humanitarian grounds, but foreigners cannot be allowed to sneak into the state and set up illegal villages. The administration needs to collect biometric details of those who have taken refuge in Kamjong district after fleeing from Myanmar, Mr Singh said.
Around 2,060 people from Myanmar have reached five places in the border district of Kamjong after fresh violence in the neighbouring country in November, an official said.
"We cannot deny shelter on humanitarian grounds. The only thing is to have their biometric details taken and provide shelter to them temporarily. What we have been telling them is not to sneak into Manipur and set up illegal villages,” the chief minister said.