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May 15, 2019 04:47 pm PDT
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How embassies work
Embassies are basically "mini countries abroad," according to this explainer video from Wendover Productions. I learned that diplomats in embassies are:
exempt from taxes in their host countryallowed free movement around their host countrycan carry diplomatic bags that cannot be seized or searchedare granted diplomated immunitytreated by the host country the same way in their private residences as they are in the embassyImage: YouTube Read the rest
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