>>John,
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>>How does you contry feel about that? Do you have an open border?
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>>New Zealand's borders are the South Pacific Ocean punctuated by a desert continent full of snakes, spiders, crocodiles and Australians. ;-) Not easy to sneak in here! But there are still illegal aliens.
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>>FWIW, borders in Europe are fairly open. I've travelled between Switzerland, Germany and France quite a few times without anybody asking for a passport.
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>Really?! That surprises me.

The last time I was in Europe I took a train from Milan to Geneva. Crossing into Switzerland somebody came around checking passports. On the trip back, there was no check at all when we crossed back into Italy.