On December 3, 2025, the Joint Tribes Council Manipur—representing Rongmei, Liangmai, Zeme, and Inpui Naga tribes—submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi via Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, urging urgent action against unchecked illegal migration from Myanmar and NRC-impacted neighboring states. The tribes, concentrated in Tamenglong, Noney, and Kangpokpi districts, warn that influxes have spurred unregulated settlements along highways, fueling deforestation, opium poppy cultivation, and extortion by armed militants who tax vehicles and claim Naga ancestral lands while demanding separate administration. From an Indian strategic lens, this exacerbates Manipur’s ethnic volatility amid Kuki population surges (79,919 in 1951 to 448,214 in 2011), strains border security against Myanmar instability, and risks youth radicalization, political imbalance (Naga and Kuki MLAs now equal at 10 each), and narco-terror networks undermining northeastern sovereignty.