India: Bangladesh

India Dept: It is formidable and menacing. It is the border between Bangladesh and India, according to The Star. About six years ago, worried about illegal migration, India began fencing the 3,800-kilometre border in earnest. Boat patrols were launched for the approximately 500 kilometres of border along rivers and deltas and BHOMRA, BANGLADESH The 2.4-metre-high barbed wire fence, double-walled in places, runs through lush rice fields, narrow canals and tall trees. Every hundred metres or so, there is a manned lookout. Guards also patrol on foot, guns in hand. Around them, farmers work, sowing and weeding. For decades, Bangladeshis easily traversed the border, seeking better jobs and a better life. In fact, Bangladesh was part of India until the British-led partition of 1947. Sometimes the border passes through villages, even buildings. Many houses have a front door in one country and a back door in the other. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.