Earlier Home Minister Rajnath Singh had expressed concern over FMR at Indo-Myanmar border being used by insurgents for various illegal activities.
India and Myanmar are deliberating to standardise the Free Movement Regime along the border areas amid the Rohingya influx scare from across the border. Measures to facilitate movement of people on both sides of the border are being discussed, government sources said.
A two member panel of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) visited states bordering Myanmar to review the Free Movement Regime (FMR) that gives free access to border population on either side. Special Secretary internal security Rina Mitra and Joint Secretary North East Satyendra Garg in MHA visited Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur.
People from Myanmar can stay up to 72 hours in India, but Indians are not allowed to be across the border for more than 24 hours. Officials said this, along with other provisions to have a standard operating procedure, is being worked out.
"Several border exit points also visited to study the existing system. Meetings with the respective state chief secretaries, police chiefs, commissioners, and officials of Assam Rifles were held," an MHA official said.
Earlier Home Minister Rajnath Singh had expressed concern over FMR at Indo-Myanmar border being used by insurgents for various illegal activities.
The Home Ministry, in an affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court, has said Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar living in India have terror links and need to be deported. The Centre has also asked states to identify such elements and get back with the details of suspects.
This was followed by setting up of the committee was set up to review exiting regulations and make a ground assessment.
According to the free movement regime people living with 16 km of the border on are allowed visa free access on either side and can stay up to 72 hours with effective and valid permits issued by the designated authorities on either side.
The Home Minister had earlier said that the practice has been in place keeping in view the social relations among the border people but it is misused by militants and criminals who smuggle weapons, narcotics, contraband goods and fake Indian currency notes (FICN).
Present scenario
- According to Free Movement Regime people living with 16 km of the border on are allowed visa free access on either side.
- They can stay up to 72 hours with effective and valid permits.
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