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Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there are still barriers dividing countries, towns, and families. Pictured is a border fence between Pakistan and India. The desire to contain illegal immigration or violent conflict is often used to justify such walls. The BBC’s Spanish website BBC Mundo profiles 14 such walls. We hear from the project’s editor, Juan Carlos Perez.

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