open borders
No passport needed
Open borders is a policy position advocating minimal or no restrictions on immigration—allowing people to move freely between countries.
The term appears most often in political debate, frequently as a characterization by opponents: They want open borders.
Advocates frame it as free movement of people paralleling free trade in goods.
In practice, no major country maintains fully open borders, making the phrase more rhetorical than descriptive of actual policy.
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- migrationMovement to new territory
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- asylumShelter from persecution
- sanctuary cityJurisdiction shielding unauthorized immigrants
freedom · free movement · globalization · sovereignty · walls · crossing · citizenship · undocumented · visas · work permit · guest worker · passports · frontiers · checkpoints · smuggling · port of entry · fences · nations
- visa-freevisa waiver, visa on arrival, travel freedom, free movement, visa policy
- Policyeconomic policy, public policy, energy policy, tax policy, domestic policy
- Globalismglobal citizenship, internationalism, world citizenship, world government, cosmopolitanism
- reformsderegulation, privatising, agrarian reform, market reform, regulatory reform
- trade blocsNAFTA, EU, ASEAN, USMCA, EEC
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
open bordersclosed borders
Restricted national entry points
border wall · immigration enforcement · deportation policy · border security · visa requirements
open bordersisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
nativism · protectionism · economic nationalism · America First · autarky
open bordersclosed borders
Restricted national entry points
border wall · immigration restrictions · border enforcement · immigration ban · travel ban
open, opens, opened, opening, opener, openers, openness, openly, reopen