Will request Centre to change foreign policy on Myanmar, not send refugees back: Mizoram CM

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga will request the Central government to change India's foreign policy on Myanmar and not send the refugees back.

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Thursday said that he is sending a delegation to the national capital to request the central government to change India's foreign policy on Myanmar and not send the refugees back. Expressing that the Indian government should be more open to Myanmarese people, the chief minister said that 'once the refugees from the military-ruled country come to Mizoram, they should be provided with food and shelter on humanitarian grounds'. Speaking to ANI, CM Zoramthanga said, "I believe that the Indian government should be more open to Myanmarese people. I have told this to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I am sending my delegation to Delhi for discussion in this matter. We will request the government to change the foreign policy to accept the Myanmar refugees and not send them back. The exodus of refugees is increasing. I do not know the exact number. But they are our brothers and we have to sympathise with them."