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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by jules on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:05PM (#10563760)
What do you mean by that? The border between France and neighboring nations is always open.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by gotchange on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:26PM (#10563863)
It's open but that doesn't mean that everyone who shows up at the gate will be allowed in, right?
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by bensandcastle on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:40PM (#10563933)
There are no gates. There is a sign. http://travel.jeffersoncampervan.com/Pictures/PixoriginalSit...

Cross border travel within the EU is like moving between states in the US, easy to miss.

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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by gotchange on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:51PM (#10563969)
What about airports?

I'm very positive that they check people's passports and papers in airports.

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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by kalleboo on Friday November 13, 2015 @11:09PM (#10564409)
Only if you're arriving from outside of Schengen. Within Schengen, there are only ID checks if the airline themselves have them there to avoid ticket resales.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by the_french on Friday November 13, 2015 @09:04PM (#10564025)
The vast majority of European travellers use trains or roads, not air travel.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by saryant on Saturday November 14, 2015 @01:16AM (#10564716)
Actually, air travel is the most common mode of transport in intra-EU travel.

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...

Trains are a tiny 6%.

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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by acjohnson55 on Saturday November 14, 2015 @12:18AM (#10564578)
Sometimes. About 5 years ago, I walked off a plane from Baltimore to Rome and out of the airport like it was a domestic flight. No stamp or anything.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by darkr on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:35PM (#10563906)
Under normal circumstances there is no gate to speak of.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area

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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by saryant on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:36PM (#10563912)
Have you crossed a French land border lately? There are no controls. There are no gates between France and other Schengen countries.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by jules on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:36PM (#10563909)
What gates? You can walk or drive from France into Spain or Belgium or Germany and not even notice.
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Re:Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say by ino on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:34PM (#10563899)
there are no gates
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