Movement Scraps Between India And Myanmar

The government ensures internal security…

On Thursday, 08 February 2024, the government scrapped free movement between India and Myanmar to ensure internal security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced.

In an X post, the Home Minister wrote, "It is PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji's resolve to secure our borders." (sic).

"The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided that the Free Movement Regime (FMR) between India and Myanmar be scrapped to ensure the internal security of the country and to maintain the demographic structure of India’s North Eastern States bordering Myanmar," Amit Shah wrote.

"Since the Ministry of External Affairs is currently scrapping it, MHA has recommended the immediate suspension of the FMR," Shah tweeted.

On Tuesday, Amit Shah announced plans to fence the 1,643-km stretch of its border with Myanmar, signaling a potential end to the Free Movement Regime (FMR) that allowed border residents to travel 16 km into each other's territory without documentation.

Myanmar has been witnessing widespread violent protests demanding the restoration of democracy since the military seized power on February 1, 2021.

State and many other regions have reported severe fighting between armed ethnic groups and the Myanmarese military since October 2023.