Mizoram registers biometrics of 30,900 Myanmar refugees

Guwahati: Mizoram has registered the biometric details of nearly 90 percent of about 30,900 Myanmar nationals, who took shelter in the state following the military coup in February 2021.

A Home Department official in Mizoram said that of around 30,900 Myanmar nationals who have sought refuge across Mizoram’s 11 districts, biometric enrolment has been completed for over 27,810 persons. The biometric details of around 15 percent of the 2,375 Bangladeshi refugees have been recorded so far in three districts -- Lawngtlai, Lunglei, and Serchhip.

Following the advice of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the biometric enrolment process has been underway through the Foreigners Identification Portal and the Biometric Enrolment System.


Home Department officials said that around 240 fresh refugees from Myanmar entered Mizoram last week due to renewed unrest in Chin state in the neighbouring country.

The Myanmar refugees, mostly from Chin state, and Bangladesh’s Bawm (also known as the Bawmzo tribal community), share close ethnic, traditional and cultural affinities with the majority Mizo community of Mizoram.