Infiltration is a national problem: Centre

New Delhi, June 4: Aware of the issue of unabated infiltration from across the border, New Delhi on Wednesday termed it a “national problem”.

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said that action would be taken against those infiltrators who were found staying in the Indian territory.

“The issue of illegal migrants and infiltrators in the northeast, especially the issue of Bangladeshis, is a cause of concern for all of us. This is a national problem,” he said, giving an impetus to the decades old demand of the influential All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) to deport the “illegal Bangladeshis”.

“We have to look into these things from a national perspective. So action will be taken, but we have to work along with the State government,” Rijiju added.

His statement assumes significance as the Assam BJP unit has a plan to launch Bangladeshi Bhagao Abhiyan in the State. Rijiju said his party has never treated the issue of illegal migration as a political problem. “It has been an issue for all of us. We consider this issue not as a political problem,” he said.

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