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People like ones regularly seen around the borders of India (6)

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I believe the answer is:

asians

'people' is the definition.
The answer is an example.

'like ones regularly seen around the borders of india' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'seen around' is an insertion indicator.
'the borders of' suggests removing the centre.
'india' with its middle removed is 'ia'.
The alternating letters of 'ones' are 'ns'.
'as'+'ns'='asns'
'asns' going around 'ia' is 'ASIANS'.

(Other definitions for asians that I've seen before include "Natives of e.g. India" , "Eg, Chinese, Indians, etc" , "Natives of China, say" , "Continentals" , "Eg, those from thirteen across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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