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2 unusual facts about Border control


Border control

For example, in the People's Republic of China, there are border controls at the borders among the mainland and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

Border Crossing

Border control, the measures used by a country to monitor or regulate its borders


Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Straße

Apart from being very close to the Oder river and the border crossing to Słubice, Poland, Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Straße is home to part of the Viadrina Museum in the Junker house and Museum for Junge Kunst.


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Bundesautobahn 2

Between the towns of Helmstedt and Marienborn one can still see the former border control points, which were turned into a museum in the 1990s.

Chiasso

Modernly, a large part of the town is devoted to Chiasso's international railway station and related customs (although some of the border-control responsibilities have been moved to Como, in Italy).

Christophe Naudin

Before 1995, he was instructor in aviation security for the French swat police (CRS – Compagnie Républicaine de Sécurité) for airport security and border control, before the pre-privatization measures with the equivalent of TSA Transportation Security Administration.

East Karelian Uprising and Soviet–Finnish conflict 1921–22

This did not happen; on the contrary, the minister of interior, Heikki Ritavuori, tightened border control, closed the border preventing food and munitions shipments, and prohibited volunteers to cross over to join the uprising.

Niagara Falls International Marathon

The Niagara Falls International Marathon passes a border control, while the mentioned European borders have no border control thanks to the Schengen Union.

Pisces

PISCES (Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System), a border control database system administered by the U.S. Department of State