Technical snag delays biometric enrolment of refugees
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Aizawl: Biometric enrolment of refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh using 'Foreigners Identification Portal & Biometric Enrolment' (FIP&BE) has been proceeding at snail's pace in all the 11 districts of Mizoram with biometric data of only 1,947 refugees being collected till Friday evening, state home department officials said on Saturday.
The biometric enrolment exercise has commenced from last week of July with the first district beginning on July 28 and majority of the districts commencing on July 30 and July 31. There are around 32,000 refugees from Myanmar and nearly 3,000 refugees from Bangladesh taking shelter in the state.
While Myanmar refugees are taking refuge in all the 11 districts, refugees from Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh are taking shelter mainly in Lawngtlai district of southern Mizoram bordering both Myanmar and Bangladesh, adjoining Lunglei district as well as Thenzawl town of central Mizoram's Serchhip district.
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