Newmai News Network
DIMAPUR, Feb 27: The Naga Students` Federation (NSF) is all set to `deport` all illegal immigrants particularly the Bangladeshis from Nagaland.
Speaking to Newmai News Network this evening, NSF president Kelhouneizo Yhome said there have been thousands and thousands of illegal immigrants in Nagaland who fled their own countries and settling in Nagaland. “Majority of the illegal immigrants in Nagaland are from Bangladesh,” according to the NSF chief. He said even the government of India has found it difficult to detect these illegal immigrants in India. Yhome said through certain mechanism in collaboration with the non-Naga organisations these illegal immigrants will be detected and be driven out from Nagaland.
The NSF has invited representatives of numerous social organisations for a meeting on March 10.
It can be noted that in the Nagaland commercial hub Dimapur large number of illegal immigrants are said to have been concentrated. These illegal immigrants first infiltrated to Assam from Bangladesh through the porous border region. In search of work and business these immigrants in turn come to Dimapur. These immigrants mostly engage in labour work and other manual activities. This has been going on for years and now these immigrants are doing brisk business in Dimapur. They construct their dwellings and farm in lands owned by Nagas by paying tax.
The rising criminal activities carried out by these illegal immigrants has prompted the Naga Students Federation (NSF) to weed them out from Nagaland once and for all.
It is high time that the government of India
adopts a proactive policy in the form of a ‘White Paper’ rather
than a reactive policy to this issue. The need of the hour is to understand
that it is no longer a humanitarian problem but a security problem, which has
become a hydra – headed monster. Time has come to deal with it assertively but
without hampering bilateral relations with the neighbouring countries. It is
time for us to understand the seriousness of the issue and set up
time bound measures once and for all. People particularly from northeast India should stamp their feed together with NSF on the drive and feed inputs for adopting comprehensive policies to achieve in common and leave a legacy for the other states…
NSF is again setting on something, let us see how far they go with this as well.