3669 suspected illegal migrants prevented from entering Manipur from 2017 till Dec 15, 2019
Source: IT News
Imphal, December 19 2019:
Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said that a total of 3669 suspected illegal migrants who tried to enter the state without possessing valid documents for identification have been prevented from entering the state within the period of January 2017 till December 15, 2019 .
Answering to a question by Congress MLA Surjakumar Okram during question hour of the 9th session of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister N Biren said that 9 persons along with 1 minor child were arrested for entering the state without valid documents in connection with 5 different cases.
He further added that measures taken up by the state government to check illegal migrants are checking, verification of documents of every travelers, passengers or tourists entering the state by state police department.