DEMOGRAPHIC INVASION NORTH EAST INDIA BY BANGLADESHI

THE REMEDIAL MEASURES :DEMOGRAPHIC INVASION NORTH EAST INDIA BY BANGLADESHI

INDIA MUST DEPORT  POPULATION OF IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE BEEN STAYING IN THE COUNTRY FOR SEVERAL NUMBERS OF YEARS.

STRATEGIES TO CONTROL IMMIGRATION IN THE FUTURE. THEREFORE, THE FOLLOWING REMEDIAL MEASURES MUST BE SIMULTANEOUSLY CARRIED OUT,

STRENGTHEN BORDER POLICING: WHILE INDIA WAS FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, THE EASTERN FRONT HAD BEEN IGNORED FOR SEVERAL DECADES DESPITE DESERVING EQUAL ATTENTION. ONLY OF LATE, THE COUNTRY HAS REALISED THE IMPORTANCE OF SECURING THIS FRONT. THEREFORE IT IS IMPORTANT TO SPEED UP BORDER FENCING, FLOODLIGHT AND SURVEILLANCE ALONG THE EASTERN FRONT.

INTRODUCTION OF ‘NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD’: IT IS A PREREQUISITE FOR CONTROLLING IMMIGRATION. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN BORDER STATES OF THE COUNTRY.

INTRODUCTION OF TEMPORARY WORK PERMIT FOR IMMIGRANTS: THERE IS NEED FOR SUCH WORK PERMIT. SUCH PERMIT MAY NOT BE USEFUL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THE COUNTRY, BUT IT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR FUTURE IMMIGRANTS.

‘WHITE PAPER’ ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: A WHITE PAPER ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN THE COUNTRY IS REQUIRED. A COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS MAY BE CONSTITUTED UNDER THE UNION HOME MINISTRY TO PREPARE THE WHITE PAPER.

SANITISE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION: OFFICIALS OF THE STATE IN THE BORDER AREAS MUST BE IMPARTED AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF UNABATED IMMIGRATION FROM ACROSS THE BORDER. THIS PROGRAMME MAY CONDUCTED BY THE BORDER MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE UNION HOME MINISTRY IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONCERNED STATES. THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAMME MUST FOCUS ON LOCAL POLICE, BORDER GOURDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.

ENCOURAGE RESEARCH ON IMMIGRATION: THE BUREAU OF POLICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (BPR&D) MUST ENCOURAGE FRESH ACADEMIC AND POLICY-ORIENTED RESEARCH ON IMMIGRATION.

SPECIFIC MEASURES:

A. EVALUATION OF THE INNER-LINE PERMIT: AN EXPERT GROUP MAY BE CONSTITUTED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INNER LINE PERMIT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN OPERATION IN MOST PARTS OF THE STATE.

B. ENGAGE CIVIL SOCIETY: THE STATE GOVERNMENT MUST SEEK THE SUPPORT OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS IN CREATING AWARENESS ABOUT IMMIGRATION AMONG THE GENERAL POPULATION. THIS MAY NOT BE DIFFICULT TASK SINCE NAGALAND HAS A VIBRANT CIVIL SOCIETY.

•       INTRODUCTION OF TEMPORARY WORK PERMIT FOR IMMIGRANTS: THERE IS NEED FOR SUCH WORK PERMIT. SUCH PERMIT MAY NOT BE USEFUL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THE COUNTRY, BUT IT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR FUTURE IMMIGRANTS.

•       ‘WHITE PAPER’ ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: A WHITE PAPER ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN THE COUNTRY IS REQUIRED. A COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS MAY BE CONSTITUTED UNDER THE UNION HOME MINISTRY TO PREPARE THE WHITE PAPER.

•       SANITISE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION: OFFICIALS OF THE STATE IN THE BORDER AREAS MUST BE IMPARTED AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF UNABATED IMMIGRATION FROM ACROSS THE BORDER. THIS PROGRAMME MAY CONDUCTED BY THE BORDER MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE UNION HOME MINISTRY IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONCERNED STATES. THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAMME MUST FOCUS ON LOCAL POLICE, BORDER GOURDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.

•       ENCOURAGE RESEARCH ON IMMIGRATION: THE BUREAU OF POLICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (BPR&D) MUST ENCOURAGE FRESH ACADEMIC AND POLICY-ORIENTED RESEARCH ON IMMIGRATION.

•       SPECIFIC MEASURES:

•       A. EVALUATION OF THE INNER-LINE PERMIT: AN EXPERT GROUP MAY BE CONSTITUTED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INNER LINE PERMIT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN OPERATION IN MOST PARTS OF THE STATE.

•       B. ENGAGE CIVIL SOCIETY: THE STATE GOVERNMENT MUST SEEK THE SUPPORT OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS IN CREATING AWARENESS ABOUT IMMIGRATION AMONG THE GENERAL POPULATION. THIS MAY NOT BE DIFFICULT TASK SINCE NAGALAND HAS A VIBRANT CIVIL SOCIETY. 

•       POLITICAL

•       1. DISCOURAGE ‘VOTE BANK’ POLITICS BY CONSISTENT PUBLIC WRITINGS AND PROPAGANDA AGAINST IT.

•       2. VIGILANT MEDIA COVERAGE OF ELECTION PATTERNS AND VOTER INCREASES IN ASSAM BASED ON CENSUS DATA ANALYSIS.

•       3. EFFECTIVE PROFILING OF POLITICIANS IN ASSAM TO CHECK CORRUPTION IN POLITICAL PROCESSES.

•       4. VIGILANT MONITORING OF ASSAM’S VOTER LIST BY A ‘SPECIAL BODY’ CONSTITUTED BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA.

•       Social

•       1. Assamese society must establish a mechanism of assimilation of the existing migrant population into their way of life so that they do not get radicalized.

•       2. A migrant till date who has made Assam home to be granted a right akin to that of a “denizen” which will include work permit and health care facilities without voting rights.

•       3. Work permits have support of the population of Assam and are therefore perhaps the only way to monitor the flow of illegal migration into Assam.

•       Economic

•       1. Work permits to be issued at the border posts in the India-Bangladesh border by a separate body named the “Work Permit Issuance Authority” which should not form a part of the Border Security Force (BSF) though working in close co-operation with it.

•       2. Systematic documentation of illegal migrants so that they can be monitored and turned into a viable workforce in India duly paying its taxes to the state.

•       3. Jobs to be duly identified in which Bangladeshi migrants can work in Assam so that local people do not feel threatened by an outside workforce in their midst.

•       SECURITY

•       1. INCULCATE GREATER PROFESSIONALISM IN THE BSF PERSONNEL AS WELL AS OFFER BETTER MONETARY INCENTIVES TO PREVENT BRIBE TAKING IN BORDER POSTS.

•       2. BORDER FENCING TO BE COMPLETED DILIGENTLY. SINCE CERTAIN AREAS OF THE FENCING ARE IN

•       RIVERINE AREAS, THESE HAVE TO BE SECURED MANUALLY.

•       3. FLOODLIGHTING AND LAYING OF ROADS TO ENABLE EFFECTIVE PATROLLING AS WELL AS REDUCING

•       GAPS BETWEEN BORDER POSTS.

•       4. ENSURING THAT THE BSF IS EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY FOR BORDER PATROLLING.

•       5. ASSIGNMENT OF THE BORDER GUARDING DUTIES TO A SINGLE FORCE.

•       6. UN-INTERRUPTED DIALOGUE MECHANISM WITH BANGLADESH ON THE ISSUE OF INSURGENT CAMPS

•       IN ITS TERRITORY.

•       7. KEEP A VIGILANT CHECK ON THE LINKAGE BETWEEN LOCAL POLITICIANS AND INSURGENT LEADERS

•       BY AN OUTSIDE BODY.

•       ACTIONS AT REST OF INDIA

•       UNITE

•       PERSONAL PROTECTIVE MEASURES

•       EDUCATION MEDIA,INTLECTUALS,COMMON CITIZENS

•       MESSAGE TO RELATIONS AT HOME WE ARE ONE.