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发帖数: 2882 | 1 http://the-diplomat.com/indian-decade/2011/02/07/bangladesh-bor
Bangladesh Border Worries
By Sumit Ganguly
February 7, 2011
On January 7, India’s Border Security Force (BSF) shot and killed a hapless
Bangladeshi illegal immigrant teenager who was trying to slip across the
porous border into Bangladesh. Her killing has caused understandable outrage
in Bangladesh and threatens to cast a pall over Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh’s upcoming visit to Bangladesh.
There’s little question that the BSF’s actions were both callous and high-
handed. Indeed, according to The Economist, as the BSF has shot and killed
as many as a 1000 Bangladeshis over the past four years as they have sought
to cross the border. Their tactics seem to resemble those of the vigilante
groups who seek to police parts of the US-Mexican border in Arizona,
California and Texas.
Though the BSF’s methods of tackling illegal immigrants is worthy of
condemnation, the larger issue of illegal immigration from Bangladesh into
India does require greater thought and analysis. Regardless of regime,
Bangladeshi governments remain in complete denial about this problem. They
are only too ready to hector and harangue India about unresolved issues of
water sharing, about access to Indian markets and about some minor
territorial disputes. Yet on this vital question of illegal immigration they
maintain a studied silence.
Sadly, India, for its part, is also complicit. Upper middle class Indians
are happy to nod and wink and hire Bangladeshis to work as maids and as
casual labour. Simultaneously, politicians in border states, most notably in
the Communist-run state of West Bengal, have been only too willing to
provide illegal immigrants from Bangladesh with ration cards to enable them
access to the state-subsidized public food distribution system. The
acquisition of a ration card is usually the first step toward acquiring
citizenship and thereby voting rights. Since the immigrants are generally
poor and vulnerable they are more than likely to vote for those who enabled
them to change their status.
The entry of these Bangladeshis into India’s north-eastern states is
increasingly changing the demographic composition of their border districts
and is therefore a legitimate national security concern. Several of these
states have witnessed ethno-religious tensions and the possibilities of
another conflagration cannot be written off. Yet in their feckless quest for
electoral advantage local politicians seem oblivious to the problem that
they are fostering.
Given the complexity and seriousness of this issue, both India and
Bangladesh need to address it forthrightly and not resort to pointless
mutual recriminations. Otherwise, incidents like the death of the
unfortunate teenager are bound to punctuate Indo-Bangladeshi relations with
much wider repercussions. | h****d
发帖数: 1420 | 2 待遇不一样啊, 民主就是好,可以悄悄的消失.
前两年,中国边防打死2名越境藏人引起国际舆论的广泛关注. | g*******d
发帖数: 5873 | 3 这有差别
这个打死的是外国要越境进来的
中国边防那次打死的是要越境出去的中国公民,不应该
当然了,被西方广泛关注的原因不是越境出去被打死,而是他们的身份
【在 h****d 的大作中提到】
: 待遇不一样啊, 民主就是好,可以悄悄的消失.
: 前两年,中国边防打死2名越境藏人引起国际舆论的广泛关注.
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发帖数: 7286 | | p******u
发帖数: 14642 | | t*******h
发帖数: 2882 | 6 94,而且是印度最穷的地方
【在 p******u 的大作中提到】
: 孟加拉也够搓的，阿三都这么穷了还往那偷渡
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