freedom of movement
Liberty to travel
Freedom of movement is the right to travel within a country, leave it, and return without government restriction.
It appears in human rights frameworks and constitutional law.
In physics and mechanics, freedom of movement describes the ability of an object or joint to move in various directions: The shoulder has greater freedom of movement than the elbow.
- visa-free travelEntry requiring no permit
- open bordersUnregulated international passage
- right of returnLegal claim to homeland
- right to travelLiberty to go places
- mobilityCapacity for movement
statelessness · migration · asylum seekers · family reunification · bodily autonomy · human rights · liberty · right to privacy · border crossing · no man's land · detention centers · refugee status · immigration policy · work permit · green card · travel · residency permits · naturalization process
- freedomfree will, expression, speech, political liberty, belief
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- Grundrechtehuman dignity, right to life, privacy, property, equality before the law
- EU lawTreaty of Rome, acquis communautaire, directives, transposition, direct effect
freedom of movementimprisonment
Legal detention in jail
confinement · detention · incarceration · captivity · restraint
freedom of movementtravel ban
Prohibition on journeys
movement restrictions · border closure · travel restriction · closed borders · Iron Curtain
freedom of movementparalysis
Loss of muscle function
immobility · physical control · restraining order · involuntary commitment · slavery
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