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Porous northeast borders turn into transit zone for traffickers
Times of India | Manosh Das | TNN | Dec 29, 2012, 04.41 AM IST
Trafficking has become rampant in the northeast mostly due to the porous international borders, which have so far facilitated movement of arms and ultras. Data collected by some NGOs working against trafficking show the northeastern region - which shares its borders with China, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh - has turned into a transit zone for trafficking children and women.
Bangladeshi infiltrators routinely cross the borders and enter the northeastern states, mainly Assam in search of livelihood. "There is a constant cross-border movement of illegal migrants, who primarily look for better opportunities in India," said an NGO activist on condition of anonymity.
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