transit zones
Areas between borders
Transit zones are areas where travelers pass through without formally entering a country—typically sections of international airports or border crossings where passengers wait between connections.
Someone in a transit zone hasn't cleared customs or immigration: She spent six hours in the transit zone at Frankfurt.
The term also appears in refugee policy, describing areas where asylum seekers are held while their claims are processed.
- seaportsCoastal shipping facilities
- border crossingsPoints entering another country
- passport controlBorder document verification point
- airport terminalsAirline passenger facilities
- ferry docksWatercraft loading points
terminal · customs posts · duty free · air corridors · baggage claim · shipping lanes · humanitarian corridors · air traffic control · no fly list · no-man's land · neutral ground · international waters · legal limbo · detention facilities · immigration · checkpoint · gate · boarding gates
transit zonesnative lands
Ancestral territorial origins
domiciles · homeland · dwelling places · homelands · homesteads
transit zonesendpoints
Where something begins and finishes
journey's end · termini · ports of entry · home ports · home base