Shillong, Nov 19: The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) has written to the Governor of Meghalaya urging immediate action on what it describes as the long-standing and growing issue of illegal migration in the region.

NESO represents eight student bodies from the North East states.

In the letter signed by NESO chairman Samuel B Jyrwa and general secretary Mutsikhoyo Yhobu, the organisation said the North East has been facing unchecked migration since India’s Independence in 1947 that has affected the social and demographic balance of several states.

NESO cited Tripura as an example, stating that the indigenous population has become a minority over the years. It also referred to Assam, pointing to the six-year anti-foreigners’ movement that led to the Assam Accord in 1985. The orga

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