The illegal migration of tribal Kuki-Chin peoples into India from Myanmar is one of the key issues in the ongoing ethnic conflict between Meiteis and Kukis in Manipur.
The FMR in Manipur allows tribes living along the border on either side to travel up to 16 km inside the other country, without a visa.
The border between India and Myanmar runs for 1,643 km in the four states of Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh.
India temporarily suspended the FMR in September 2022.