Mizoram has completed 58.15 per cent biometric enrolment of more than 31,000 Myanmar refugees currently sheltered across all 11 districts of the state, a senior Home Department official said.

The state has also collected biometric and biographic data of 10.84 per cent of asylum seekers from Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), he added.

The enrolment exercise for refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh began in July following a directive from the Ministry of Home Affairs and is being carried out through the Foreigners Identification Portal and the Biometric Enrolment system. According to officials, 31,214 people from Myanmar—mostly from Chin State—are residing in Mizoram, with border district Champhai hosting the highest number.

Mizoram is also sheltering 2,354 refugees from Banglade

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