The Jammu and Kashmir administration has set up a seven-member panel to find foreign nationals who have overstayed illegally in the region for the past 13 years and deport them.
The panel will collect personal and biometric details of migrants found to be living illegally in the country and keep regularly updated digital records.
"Sanction is hereby accorded to the re-constitution of the committee to identify foreign nationals illegally overstaying in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir since 2011," said Chandraker Bharti, Principal Secretary to the Government, Home Department, in an order.
The panel is chaired by the administrative secretary of the home department.
Other members include the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) of Punjab, the Criminal Investigation Department (Special Branch) of the Jammu and Srinagar headquarters, all district SSPs and SPs (Foreigners Registration), and the state coordinator, NIC.
According to the order, the committee must prepare a monthly report and submit it to the Union Home Ministry by the fifth day of each month.
The Home Department has also directed the panel to coordinate and oversee efforts to trace and deport foreign nationals who are residing illegally in the Union Territory.
Additionally, the panel will monitor progress on these issues and report regularly to the Home Department.
It is also responsible for sharing information on ongoing cases in various courts and updating the status of these cases for relevant stakeholders.
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