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I wonder how was life for people living in one of those enclaves. Were there actually passport controls at the frontiers? My guess is that the Indians living th
by S4M 11y ago
I wonder how was life for people living in one of those enclaves. Were there actually passport controls at the frontiers? My guess is that the Indians living there were actually living just as if they were citizen from Bangladesh, but I could be wrong.
- MichaelCrawford 11y agoMy advisor Clem Heusch once took me hiking from France to Switzerland, right by an unoccupied border post. Its construction suggested it was built either by Napoleon or by the Swiss to defend itself from him. It was just big enough that one soldier with his Nutcracker Suite hat could stand in it.
- redwood 11y agoyou are almost certainly correct but there's a possibility that folks could be hassled etcetera: taken advantage of basically.this is a part of the world where the basic things we rely on don't exist institutions rights etcetera
- witty_username 11y agoAside: > we everyone isn't in a developed region
- witty_username 11y agoYes, they are probably posing as citizens of their other nationality. Generally they are probably bribing institutions to get their work done. > Were there actually passport controls at the frontiers? Generally any real passport control is probably implemented more as an extortion scheme. "Pay 50 ₹ or else!"
- akazuba 11y agoMost of the enclave people could not go to the mainland, effectively making it a prison. They did not have basic amenities like healthcare, education. Even not citizenship of any country. In one specific case, India agreed to give corridor to a Bangladeshi enclave inside India, the Tin Bigha corridor, which were controlled by India. Initially it was open for a few hours a day, so that people can go from enclave to mainland. Later it was open 24x7