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Illustrate the issue of illegal cross-border migration in South Asia and its impact on regional alliances and bilateral relations. (150 words)

  • UPSC 2012
  • 12 marks
  • India and South Asia

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South Asia's borders were drawn across peoples, not between them: Bengalis, Pashtuns, Tamils, Nagas and Zo communities straddle frontiers. Movement driven by Partition, war, persecution, poverty and climate therefore continues across lines states now enforce. The key mechanism is that removal requires the sending state's consent, so each enforcement drive becomes a bilateral demand the…

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