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  • 5622
    © Gaël Turine
    5622
    © Gaël Turine

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5624
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh, August 2012.
    Bangladesh. Passengers from a train that stops at Hakimpur, a cross-border city with the wall running through it. They have left the train for a few moments, hoping to buy some Indian goods to smuggle and sell.
    Gael Turine / VU
    09/08/2012
    5624
    09/08/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh, August 2012.
    Bangladesh. Passengers from a train that stops at Hakimpur, a cross-border city with the wall running through it. They have left the train for a few moments, hoping to buy some Indian goods to smuggle and sell.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5625
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Hili, West Bengal, India, on the border with Bangladesh. Between rounds by the Border Security Force, two Bangladeshi women cross the wall between the countries. They enter the country empty-handed and leave laden down with smuggled goods. Indian BSF troops accuse the Bangladeshi border guards of letting them through, thus forcing the BSF troops to take more violent action.
    © Gaël Turine / Agence VU'
    Ga Turine / Agence VU'
    30/05/2013
    5625
    30/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Hili, West Bengal, India, on the border with Bangladesh. Between rounds by the Border Security Force, two Bangladeshi women cross the wall between the countries. They enter the country empty-handed and leave laden down with smuggled goods. Indian BSF troops accuse the Bangladeshi border guards of letting them through, thus forcing the BSF troops to take more violent action.
    © Gaël Turine / Agence VU'
    Ga Turine / Agence VU'

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5626
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. Bangladeshi women who have entered India illegally walk along the wall in the town of Hili where they have bought Indian products, such as spices, jewelry and cosmetics, which they will then sell.
    Gael Turine / VU
    29/05/2013
    5626
    29/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. Bangladeshi women who have entered India illegally walk along the wall in the town of Hili where they have bought Indian products, such as spices, jewelry and cosmetics, which they will then sell.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5627
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. A Border Security Force soldier peering through a gap in the wall, in search of any Bangladeshis coming near the border.
    Gael Turine / VU
    29/05/2013
    5627
    29/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. A Border Security Force soldier peering through a gap in the wall, in search of any Bangladeshis coming near the border.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5628
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. Two Bangladeshi boys with supplies of spices on their way back from India, about to cross the wall.
    Gael Turine / VU
    29/05/2013
    5628
    29/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. Two Bangladeshi boys with supplies of spices on their way back from India, about to cross the wall.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5629
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. Bangladeshi children are often used by smugglers to carry goods from one point to another, or even across the wall. They are paid the equivalent of one to three euros for each errand, depending on the value of the goods, which makes it worthwhile for the children who come from very poor families.
    Gael Turine / VU
    30/05/2013
    5629
    30/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. Bangladeshi children are often used by smugglers to carry goods from one point to another, or even across the wall. They are paid the equivalent of one to three euros for each errand, depending on the value of the goods, which makes it worthwhile for the children who come from very poor families.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5630
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A woman passing a bag filled with Indian products to her son who will tie it on the roof where it will not be checked by police.
    Gael Turine / VU
    07/08/2012
    5630
    07/08/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A woman passing a bag filled with Indian products to her son who will tie it on the roof where it will not be checked by police.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5631
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. Near Balurghat, a Border Security Force soldier checks the identity of passengers in a taxi. The border guards are looking for Bangladeshi citizens who have entered India illegally.
    Gael Turine / VU
    29/05/2013
    5631
    29/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. Near Balurghat, a Border Security Force soldier checks the identity of passengers in a taxi. The border guards are looking for Bangladeshi citizens who have entered India illegally.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5632
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Balurghat, India. A mother and her children on their way to see relatives living in a nearby village close to the fence. The road was built by the Indian Border Security Force to help troops patrol the border.
    Ga Turine / Agence VU
    30/05/2013
    5632
    30/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Balurghat, India. A mother and her children on their way to see relatives living in a nearby village close to the fence. The road was built by the Indian Border Security Force to help troops patrol the border.
    Ga Turine / Agence VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5633
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. The family was living on the land before the wall was built. Because it is very close to the village on the border, the BSF soldiers suspect the villagers of helping Bangladeshi citizens to enter India.
    Gael Turine / VU
    26/05/2013
    5633
    26/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. The family was living on the land before the wall was built. Because it is very close to the village on the border, the BSF soldiers suspect the villagers of helping Bangladeshi citizens to enter India.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5634
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Folilatunnesa’s son, Ajharul, was killed by Border Security Force soldiers. His body was found in a rice paddy, with one gunshot wound in the arm and another in the chest. Folilatunnesa believes that he was first injured and then executed.
    Gael Turine / VU
    07/09/2012
    5634
    07/09/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Folilatunnesa’s son, Ajharul, was killed by Border Security Force soldiers. His body was found in a rice paddy, with one gunshot wound in the arm and another in the chest. Folilatunnesa believes that he was first injured and then executed.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5635
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. In Gede, at the official border checkpoint, BSF soldiers search the luggage of a Bangladeshi family to make sure there are no undeclared goods.
    Gael Turine / VU
    27/05/2013
    5635
    27/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. In Gede, at the official border checkpoint, BSF soldiers search the luggage of a Bangladeshi family to make sure there are no undeclared goods.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5636
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. A family farewell in Gede, as the Bangladeshi couple say good-by to their Indian cousin. Many families were divided when the border was established in 1947.
    Gael Turine / VU
    27/05/2013
    5636
    27/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. A family farewell in Gede, as the Bangladeshi couple say good-by to their Indian cousin. Many families were divided when the border was established in 1947.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5637
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Kojbul, begging on the border, at the crossing used every day by hundreds of Indian trucks. He believes that the drivers should pay compensation as Indians stole his cows and cut off his fingers.
    Gael Turine / VU
    10/09/2012
    5637
    10/09/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Kojbul, begging on the border, at the crossing used every day by hundreds of Indian trucks. He believes that the drivers should pay compensation as Indians stole his cows and cut off his fingers.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5638
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A farmer on land near Bhomra on the border, carrying jute to a boat for shipment. Bangladesh exports more than 300 000 tons of jute a year.
    Gael Turine / VU
    15/08/2012
    5638
    15/08/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A farmer on land near Bhomra on the border, carrying jute to a boat for shipment. Bangladesh exports more than 300 000 tons of jute a year.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5639
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A patrol by Bangladeshi border guards near Balimari includes the bridge which is one of the very few official border crossings. Many of the guards are corrupt, accepting bribes from both Indian and Bangladeshi dealers.
    Gael Turine / VU
    15/08/2012
    5639
    15/08/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A patrol by Bangladeshi border guards near Balimari includes the bridge which is one of the very few official border crossings. Many of the guards are corrupt, accepting bribes from both Indian and Bangladeshi dealers.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5640
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. A Bangladeshi man fishing on the Indian side of the Ichamati River; in the background are brickworks in Bangladesh. If he is found in Bangladeshi waters, he is afraid of being targeted by soldiers with the Border Security Force. As he speaks Bengali and knows the villages on the Indian side of the river, he can easily pretend to be an Indian if he runs into a BSF patrol.
    24/05/2013
    5640
    24/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. A Bangladeshi man fishing on the Indian side of the Ichamati River; in the background are brickworks in Bangladesh. If he is found in Bangladeshi waters, he is afraid of being targeted by soldiers with the Border Security Force. As he speaks Bengali and knows the villages on the Indian side of the river, he can easily pretend to be an Indian if he runs into a BSF patrol.

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5641
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. The Ichamati River flows into the Sundarbans Delta, the largest mangrove forest in the world, crossing the border between India and Bangladesh. Many Bangladeshis hoping to make their way into India sail up the river towards Calcutta.
    23/05/2013
    5641
    23/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. The Ichamati River flows into the Sundarbans Delta, the largest mangrove forest in the world, crossing the border between India and Bangladesh. Many Bangladeshis hoping to make their way into India sail up the river towards Calcutta.

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5642
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. With the approval of the Indian authorities, Hindus from Bangladesh have settled near the town of Balurghat. There have been waves of Hindu migration ever since Bangladesh became independent in 1971. They have no legal status or rights, but are allowed to work for a pittance, which explains why they live in such dire poverty.
    Gael Turine / VU
    30/05/2013
    5642
    30/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. With the approval of the Indian authorities, Hindus from Bangladesh have settled near the town of Balurghat. There have been waves of Hindu migration ever since Bangladesh became independent in 1971. They have no legal status or rights, but are allowed to work for a pittance, which explains why they live in such dire poverty.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5643
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Most of the workers in the brick factories on the Indian side of the border are Bangladeshis, earning 4 euros a day, twice as much as they can earn in Bangladesh.
    Gael Turine / VU
    23/05/2013
    5643
    23/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Most of the workers in the brick factories on the Indian side of the border are Bangladeshis, earning 4 euros a day, twice as much as they can earn in Bangladesh.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5644
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A Hindu wedding near Belkhuria. The wedding procession goes along an old railway track, now disused since the wall was built. Most Hindus in Bangladesh live close to the border.
    Gael Turine / VU
    08/08/2012
    5644
    08/08/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A Hindu wedding near Belkhuria. The wedding procession goes along an old railway track, now disused since the wall was built. Most Hindus in Bangladesh live close to the border.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5645
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. In the divided city of Hakimpur, the Bangladeshi community is celebrating the beginning of the wet season. They have blocked the road to protest against the wall, stopping dozens of Indian trucks from getting through.
    Gael Turine / VU
    07/08/2012
    5645
    07/08/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. In the divided city of Hakimpur, the Bangladeshi community is celebrating the beginning of the wet season. They have blocked the road to protest against the wall, stopping dozens of Indian trucks from getting through.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5646
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. A Hindu feast is being celebrated near Krishnaganj, not far from the wall. Border Security Force soldiers have been paid off so that Bangladeshi Hindus can be let through to take part in the festivities.
    Gael Turine / VU
    26/05/2013
    5646
    26/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. A Hindu feast is being celebrated near Krishnaganj, not far from the wall. Border Security Force soldiers have been paid off so that Bangladeshi Hindus can be let through to take part in the festivities.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5647
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. On the roadside near Bagda, two brothers are using a fishing net to sift grain. The road was built by the Border Security Force so that troops could move easily along the border.
    Gael Turine / VU
    25/05/2013
    5647
    25/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. On the roadside near Bagda, two brothers are using a fishing net to sift grain. The road was built by the Border Security Force so that troops could move easily along the border.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5648
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Jotona (65) came to Dhaka a week ago to be with her son who lives in a slum. She comes from the district of Satkhira where two other sons live in hiding, running an illegal business selling spices.
    Gael Turine / VU
    02/09/2012
    5648
    02/09/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Jotona (65) came to Dhaka a week ago to be with her son who lives in a slum. She comes from the district of Satkhira where two other sons live in hiding, running an illegal business selling spices.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5649
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. The woman here works with her family, doing road repairs in the old city of Dhaka. She used to live in the district of Lalmonirhat, but had to leave because of tension with border guards.
    Gael Turine / VU
    03/09/2012
    5649
    03/09/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. The woman here works with her family, doing road repairs in the old city of Dhaka. She used to live in the district of Lalmonirhat, but had to leave because of tension with border guards.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5650
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Jamila Bala, a Hindu, looks after her granddaughter, Nomita. Fifteen years ago one of her sons was killed by BSF soldiers when returning from a visit to see relatives in India. Nomita is the daughter of her eldest son who went missing just a few weeks ago. Jamila fears the worst, particularly since Bangladeshi border guards came to see her and ask questions.
    Gael Turine / VU
    11/08/2012
    5650
    11/08/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Jamila Bala, a Hindu, looks after her granddaughter, Nomita. Fifteen years ago one of her sons was killed by BSF soldiers when returning from a visit to see relatives in India. Nomita is the daughter of her eldest son who went missing just a few weeks ago. Jamila fears the worst, particularly since Bangladeshi border guards came to see her and ask questions.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5651
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Roksana lost her brother who was supporting the entire family by importing Indian spices. He was killed on the border. When the body was brought back, the villagers made sure that she did not see it because of the appalling state of the corpse. The local community suspects that the BSF wanted to punish the family by keeping the body for a long time after he died.
    Gael Turine / VU
    07/09/2012
    5651
    07/09/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Roksana lost her brother who was supporting the entire family by importing Indian spices. He was killed on the border. When the body was brought back, the villagers made sure that she did not see it because of the appalling state of the corpse. The local community suspects that the BSF wanted to punish the family by keeping the body for a long time after he died.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5652
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A meal being prepared in the village for the ceremony commemorating Atatur who was killed by the Indian Border Security Force.
    Gael Turine / VU
    07/09/2012
    5652
    07/09/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A meal being prepared in the village for the ceremony commemorating Atatur who was killed by the Indian Border Security Force.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5653
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. To buy Indian products, women do up to three trips a day on the train that goes along the border and stops at Hakimpur station.
    Gael Turine / VU
    09/08/2012
    5653
    09/08/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. To buy Indian products, women do up to three trips a day on the train that goes along the border and stops at Hakimpur station.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5654
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Migrants arriving in the capital, Dhaka, by boat. The city already has a population of 16 million. Poverty, climate change and tension in the districts along the border are the main reasons for people moving to the city.
    Gael Turine / VU
    03/09/2012
    5654
    03/09/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Migrants arriving in the capital, Dhaka, by boat. The city already has a population of 16 million. Poverty, climate change and tension in the districts along the border are the main reasons for people moving to the city.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5655
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. The parents of Shubonna used to live near the border, and have had a nightmare experience since moving to Dhaka and living in a slum by the railway track. Shubonna was hit by a train and has lost both legs.
    Gael Turine / VU
    02/09/2012
    5655
    02/09/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. The parents of Shubonna used to live near the border, and have had a nightmare experience since moving to Dhaka and living in a slum by the railway track. Shubonna was hit by a train and has lost both legs.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5656
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A madrasa in Dhaka that takes in orphans, as well as children from poor families. India believes that these religious schools provide future members and supporters of Islamist groups.
    Gael Turine / VU
    03/09/2012
    5656
    03/09/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. A madrasa in Dhaka that takes in orphans, as well as children from poor families. India believes that these religious schools provide future members and supporters of Islamist groups.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5657
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Traditional fishing with a net means the man does not have to go anywhere near the border which runs down the middle of the river, thus avoiding Indian Border Security Force patrols.
    Gael Turine / VU
    14/08/2012
    5657
    14/08/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. Traditional fishing with a net means the man does not have to go anywhere near the border which runs down the middle of the river, thus avoiding Indian Border Security Force patrols.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5658
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. The border includes more than 800 kilometers [500 miles] of rivers and watercourses. This bamboo bridge near Balimari is an official border crossing to India. The woman here is drying jute on the bridge.
    Gael Turine / VU
    15/08/2012
    5658
    15/08/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. The border includes more than 800 kilometers [500 miles] of rivers and watercourses. This bamboo bridge near Balimari is an official border crossing to India. The woman here is drying jute on the bridge.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5659
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. The Ichamati River is the border in this region, and things are quiet, as the fishermen are deterred by the Indian border guards on the opposite bank.
    Gael Turine / VU
    06/09/2012
    5659
    06/09/2012
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    Bangladesh. The Ichamati River is the border in this region, and things are quiet, as the fishermen are deterred by the Indian border guards on the opposite bank.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5660
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. The woman is originally from Bangladesh, but has been living in Calcutta ever since Bangladesh gained independence in 1971. She makes arrangements for relatives living in Bangladesh to meet her at the official border crossing in Gede.
    Gael Turine / VU
    27/05/2013
    5660
    27/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. The woman is originally from Bangladesh, but has been living in Calcutta ever since Bangladesh gained independence in 1971. She makes arrangements for relatives living in Bangladesh to meet her at the official border crossing in Gede.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    5661
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. The Indian authorities have allowed Bangladeshi Hindus to settle near the town of Balurghat. They have no legal status or rights, and are not even allowed to send their children to school.
    Gael Turine / VU
    30/05/2013
    5661
    30/05/2013
    India and Bangladesh – The Wall and Fear
    India. The Indian authorities have allowed Bangladeshi Hindus to settle near the town of Balurghat. They have no legal status or rights, and are not even allowed to send their children to school.
    Gael Turine / VU

     

  • 5662
    5662