Meaning of open border in English

(Definition of open border from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of open border

open border
He is the one for an open border that is leaving us defenseless.
From TIME
Our open border has allowed drugs and crime and gangs to pour into our communities.
As a global company, we are very much in favor of open markets and support open borders.
He supported open borders before he became an immigration hard-liner.
His only hope is to cast his opponents as the right-left establishment that supports open borders, free trade, cosmopolitan culture and global intervention.
Another such issue is open borders that allow refugees and people with evil intent to come into our country without due process.
From NJ.com
Open borders are neither safe nor practical, but villainizing people simply because of their religion or ethnicity is dangerous.
And to do that we can not just have completely open borders with millions of people streaming into the country.
From NPR
When completed, the eyelet-hole border is again added all round, and the counterpane then only requires a deep open border.
But another garden disaster has been the annihilation of all the seedlings which we sowed in the open border!
Increased easily by seeds, sown in spring in the open border.
Propagated by seeds sown in a pot in spring, placed in a frame or in the open border during summer.
Seeds of annuals may be sown in the open border during early spring.
Seeds sown in the open border during spring.
Seeds, sown under glass, or in the south in the open border.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
 
 

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