cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20747975

There are over 100 Myanmar nationals who, despite having completed their sentences and paid all their fines for illegally staying in Manipur State, are still being held at Imphal Prison. Their families are allowed to contact them once a week.

Family members of those imprisoned say they are facing difficulties in raising 50,000 rupees because they have been fleeing conflict and lack stable employment.

  • @jordanlundM
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    141 month ago

    Doing the conversion, that’s about $600 US.

    • @NOT_RICK
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      201 month ago

      Most people in the US can’t afford an unexpected $600 bill, let alone refugees from an impoverished country that have been incarcerated. Cruel

      • Anime [ghb/4mmc,[h
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        -241 month ago

        Most people in the US can’t afford an unexpected $600 bill

        This is just totally fake lol. Most people can afford an unexpected bill of 600 bucks

          • @[email protected]
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            -529 days ago

            Your source says 40% would struggle which is a higher threshold than couldn’t but that means 60% would not struggle to pay.

            • @NOT_RICK
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              429 days ago

              If we’re being pedantic the article says 400 dollars. 600 is 50% more

            • Drusas
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              1330 days ago

              You’re either trolling or completely out of touch/ignorant on the subject.

              • @NOT_RICK
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                930 days ago

                They DM’ed me calling me broke and accused me of living in a ghetto with a brutal misspelling, 100% trollin

                • Fuck spez
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                  130 days ago

                  You can’t just tell us that without sharing the misspelling.

                  • @NOT_RICK
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                    30 days ago

                    Guetto

                    look that up on urban dictionary for an extra laugh

    • @[email protected]OP
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      121 month ago

      A lot of money for poor refugee families who lost their homes to the war in Myanmar running from there and having no livelihood (likely was subsistence farming in the rugged hills of Chin state) no status in India to earn wages in India.