Indians living along border with strife-torn Myanmar protest restrictions on movement

People proteing against the Indian government’s decision to scrap a limited free border movement between India and Myanmar, in Aizawl, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, on Feb 21, 2024. - AP

GUWAHATI, India: Hundreds of people living in a remote northeastern Indian state bordering strife-torn Myanmar on Wednesday (Feb 21) protested the Indian government’s decision to scrap a limited free border movement between the countries.

India and Myanmar until now had allowed people with ethnic links on both sides to travel up to 16km (10 miles) into each other’s territory without travel documents.