Aizawl: The Mizoram cabinet on Tuesday resolved to give shelter and food to all Kuki-Chin-Mizo refugees, who have been forced to flee Bangladesh and the enter the northeastern state in the wake of an armed conflict between that neighbouring country's army and an ethnic insurgent group. Home Minister Lalchamliana said the cabinet members, during the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Zoramthanga, expressed their sympathy for the refugees.
"The members approved a proposal to provide them temporary shelter, food and other relief as per convenience of the state government," he added. A senior official said authorities, following a headcount exercise, have found out that at least 272 people from Bangladesh's Chittagong Hills Tracts (CHT) had on Sunday entered Mizoram, which is already burdened with 30,000 refugees from coup-hit Myanmar. Of them, some are children who have moved to the state without parents, he told PTI.
"The Bangladeshi nationals are currently lodged at a school building, a community hall and another sub-centre in Parva-3 village in the state's Lawngtlai district. They were shifted from Simeinasora village near the Mizoram-Bangladesh-Myanmar tri-junction to Parva-3 late on Monday," he said, adding that no fresh influx was reported on Tuesday.