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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by DVassallo on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:06PM (#20646957)
Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Austria, and Netherlands are some of the most prosperous countries in the world, and they have an open border with 28 other countries — some of which can be easily classified as very poor and undesirable places.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by DVassallo on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:09PM (#20646991)
For example, Bulgaria's GDP per capita is $9,272 and Luxembourg's is $114,340. Yet, there's full freedom of movement between the two countries.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by dmihal on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:15PM (#20647610)
While Bulgaria is part of the EU, it's not part of the Schengen zone, meaning they don't have truly "open borders".
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by DVassallo on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:46PM (#20647922)
There's full freedom of movement, so it's an open border. The Schengen zone is no border.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by kmlx on Thursday August 08, 2019 @05:59PM (#20649281)
it’s not an “open border”. on the contrary. there are actual physical borders between schengen countries and the rest of the eu. whenever you enter/exit schengen you have to pass border control.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by DVassallo on Thursday August 08, 2019 @08:52PM (#20650402)
If your passport shows you're an EU citizen, you're allowed to enter. So it's an open border for EU citizens.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by kmlx on Friday August 09, 2019 @08:08AM (#20653536)
that’s not how schengen borders work. it’s not an open border. it’s an actual border. and yes, you can be banned from travelling into schengen even if you have an eu passport.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by raphaelj on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:12PM (#20647018)
None of the 28 EU countries can be classified as poor, let alone very poor ...
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by DVassallo on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:17PM (#20647066)
I should have added, "relative to those countries".
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by vixen99 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:47PM (#20647362)
And these undesirable places are ... ?
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by DrMonkFish on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:53AM (#20654291)
Ireland is not in Schengen
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