Lunglei fully prepared to start biometric enrolment of Myanmar refugees: Official
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Aizawl: South Mizoram's Lunglei district administration is all set to commence biometric enrolment of refugees from Myanmar taking shelter in the district from this week, a senior district official said on Sunday.
The official said the ministry of home affairs (MHA) has been clearing all the test data entries in the Foreigners Identification Portal (FIP) for the commencement of the actual entry of biometric data.
"The MHA has given instructions not to make any entry of data and also to hold everything until further orders. The MHA officials also said information and instructions would be given as to how soon the collection of data can begin," he said.
The official said the Lunglei district administration is now fully prepared to go ahead before the end of July, if and when the MHA clears the test data entries in the FIP.
Mizoram home secretary Vanlalmawia told TOI that Rs 38 lakh has been allocated by the state govt as initial expenses for the collection of biometric data of the refugees that is slated to begin later this month. The entire expenditure for the exercise will be borne by the MHA.
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But as the Centre wants to expedite the process, the initial expenses will be taken up from the state's fund, with more expenditure to be incurred when the process is finally picked up.
For this task, computer, web cameras and other electronics equipment will be required to be procured, officials said, and the procurement process has already been undertaken.
The state govt is now fully prepared to go ahead with the biometric enrolment of Myanmar nationals taking shelter in the state.
'Foreigners Identification Portal & Biometric Enrolment' (FIP&BE) will be used in the biometric enrolment process, Vanlalmawia said.
According to the latest govt record, there are 32,504 Myanmar displaced people in Mizoram. Champhai, Lawngtlai and Siaha districts host the maximum number of refugees from Myanmar.
According to the latest figure of district police, there are 1,991 refugees from Myanmar taking shelter in Lunglei district during early July.
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