How embassies work
by Mark Frauenfelder from on (#4F6JA)
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 country
- allowed free movement around their host country
- can carry diplomatic bags that cannot be seized or searched
- are granted diplomated immunity
- treated by the host country the same way in their private residences as they are in the embassy
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