Joe lOBO wrote:
Noting a previous letter today about foreign nationals
> overstaying their visitors` visas in India..........one > sees another article in todays TOI about Goa > immigration authorities being complicit in > the issuance of visas to Russian tourists arriving > without any background checks or verification.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Free-for-all-Russians-dont-need-visa-in-Goa/articleshow/5182267.cms
Any idea why the Russians are specially targeted by the media? Are they the much-derided "ghantis" of the international tourism trade?
See the manner in which a Russian (and, to some extent, Israeli too) case is handled as compared to those of other tourists! FN
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