Parliament proceedings | 8,486 Myanmar refugees crossed into India since coup, 5,796 pushed back: govt
The Hindu
Upto June 30 last, there were 33 infiltration attempts on India-Pakistan border, in which 11 were killed and 20 apprehended
Since the military coup in Myanmar on February 1, 2021, 8,486 people crossed over into India from across the border and out of this, 5,796 were pushed back, the government informed Parliament on Monday. As per the report of security forces and the Ministry of Home Affairs, upto June 30 last, there were 33 infiltration attempts on the India-Pakistan border, in which 11 were killed and 20 apprehended, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. During the same period on the India-Bangladesh border, there were 441 infiltration attempts, in which one infiltrator was killed and 740 apprehended. “No cases of infiltration have been reported at Indo-China Border,” the reply stated.
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