Aizawl, Feb 11 : Mizoram Governor Lt Gen (rtd) M M Lakhera today warned against enrollment of Myanmarese migrants in the Census 2011, second phase of which began today across the country.
The Governor told the Census enumerators, who recorded his information at the Raj Bhavan today, to take cautious steps not to include the Myanmarese migrants.
''The Myanmar government has completed its national census and those Myanmarese nationals who are not currently staying in their country would certainly be missed out. It is very likely that the Myanmarese migrants in the state would go to take this opportunity to become Indian citizens,'' he told the enumerators.
''It is good to be kind and show hospitality to our guests. But we have to be careful as our hospitality can turn detrimental to the states social security,'' the Governor said.
The Governor had earlier, while meeting with states biggest NGOs and the churches, expressed his desire to conduct a census of Myanmarese nationals staying in Mizoram.
He also expressed grave concern over the sudden increase in crime and narcotics peddling, mostly attributed to the illegal Myanmarese immigrants in the state.
The number of Myanmarese living in Mizoram is estimated to be 50,000. However, the unofficial estimate puts the figure at over 75,000.
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