closed border
No crossing allowed
A closed border is a national boundary where crossing is prohibited or severely restricted.
Governments close borders during emergencies, wars, or to control migration: The country closed its borders when the pandemic hit.
The term also appears in political rhetoric advocating strict immigration limits, where closed borders contrasts with open or porous ones.
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- immigration policyRules controlling border entry
- travel banProhibition on journeys
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- checkpointInspection station on route
port of entry · barrier · visa · passport · restricted · sealed · blockade · frontier · no man's land · customs · patrol · fence · barbed wire fence · smuggling · crossing · turn back · refugee · asylum
closed borderopen-door policy
Unrestricted access principle
globalization · free trade zone · European integration · cosmopolitanism · internationalism
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