Speaking at the first ministerial meeting of the head of migration authorities of BRICS countries in Sochi, Russia, Minister of State for Home KirenRijiju said that all the BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — face serious problems related to illegal migration from the neighbouring countries.

As a result, there have been instances where the immigrants, especially illegal ones, acted as a destabilising factor to spread ethnic tensions and riots, and sometimes these issues become highly emotive and threaten the basis fabric of society, he said. India has witnessed large-scale illegal migration and its impact on the socio-economic and cultural fabric of the society, he added

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