An open border would also make it harder to contain a domestic banking crisis.
Belarus's open border with Russia makes it an easy route for foreign firms into that burgeoning market.
But there are people who say let's have work visas, let's have a fence, let's have an open border.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to withdraw from Europe's open border zone unless more is done to stop illegal immigration.
Cathy Ashton, the new High Representative for Foreign Affairs, told MEPs that she was concerned about the living conditions of Palestinians in Gaza, and called on Israel to re-open border crossings to aid the economic development of the Palestinian areas.
High Commissioner for Refugees and human rights groups have urged Dhaka to open the border.
U.S. officials have not said when they will re-open the border to Canadian cattle.
Pakistan has so far refused to open the border, forcing refugees to wait in a 200-metre strip of no-man's-land between the two countries.
In 1989, East Germans on foot and in cars began arriving in West Germany and West Berlin only hours after the East German government threw open its border to the West.
And certainly the work that I was able to do around the world, going to more than 82 countries, negotiating with governments like Macedonia to open their border again, to let Kosovar refugees in.
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John Ging, director of operations in Gaza for the UN relief agency Unrwa, told the BBC that delivering water was the first priority, and he called on Israel to open its border crossings with the enclave.
Mr Gul's decision to accept an invitation from Armenia's president, Serzh Sarkisian, has raised expectations that Turkey may establish diplomatic ties and open the border it closed during the 1990s fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Keeping the Afghan-Pakistani border open is crucial for U.S. plans to remove its military equipment from Afghanistan as the remaining 66, 000 U.S. troops withdraw from the country.
However, there was no immediate sign that Egypt was ready to open up the border with Gaza following Mr Haniya's meeting with Mr Mursi at the presidential palace in Cairo on Thursday.
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If the border were open, Armenians could then climb their sacred Mount Ararat.
Mr. SAYID TUSSADAU HUSSEIN: (Through Translator) Yes, it would have been much better for us if the border was open.
The first agreement merges U.S. and Canadian security concerns with our mutual interest in keeping our border as open as possible to legitimate commerce and travel.
Hamilton was a military engineer who spent four years from 1928 to 1932 building this road through the mountains connecting Erbil to the Iranian border to open up a route through to Tehran.
Israel, meanwhile, has remained notably silent about Egypt's decision last week to open the crossing between Gaza and Sinai at Rafah and its follow-up announcement on June 7th that the border would remain open indefinitely.
It is in both our interests to ensure that our common border remains open and efficient, but it is just as critical that it remains secure and in the hands of the vigilant and the dedicated.
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Among the conference's other significant insights: the tax base of an independent Scotland, or other small countries open to cross-border migration of income and assets, may have to focus ever more on items that can't be moved, such as buildings and land.
It plans to open half a dozen more border crossings with its neighbours.
When countries open up to cross-border trade, and global supply chains, they need to know that they will see the benefits in jobs, fair tax revenues and economic growth.
Canada's relatively lenient immigration laws, combined with the largely open U.S. border, are a source of continued concern for U.S. officials who fear that would-be terrorists and other criminals could enter the United States.
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As the European Commission noted in a lack-of-progress report on services trade last July, an Austrian baker would have to apply for eight different licences to open a shop across the border in Italy.
In any event, Plan Colombia has reminded Brazil that its remote northern border region is wide open.
Gavin Starks, chief executive of the U.K. government's Open Data Institute, says the border between what data can be freely used and what can't is clear.
Border and citizenship agreements could open the way to a deal to resume oil production.
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