Aizawl, July 30 -- The Mizoram government has initiated its first biometric enrolment drive for refugees from Myanmar, starting in the Serchhip district on Wednesday.

This marks the state's first formal effort to issue identification documents to displaced Myanmarese nationals residing in its territory.

According to Vanthangpuia, the nodal officer for the Foreigners Identification Portal & Biometric Enrolment (FIP&BE) in Serchhip, sixteen refugees from the Chanmari locality of Serchhip town were enrolled during the inaugural session. Chanmari was selected for the pilot due to its relatively small refugee population, allowing for a focused, on-the-spot enrolment session.

A full-scale biometric drive is scheduled to begin on August 5. Th...