Examples of Controlled Borders
- United States and Mexico share a controlled border near major population centers at the boundary between these two countries.
- India and Bangladesh share a border with which India is in the process of turning into a controlled border via the completion of a full border fence between the two countries to control the flow of people between the two countries and prevent illegal migration. Large scale illegal Bangladeshi immigration in the past across the open border has entered India creating Bangladeshi slums on the outskirts of many India cities. The Bangladeshi people are expected to soon form the majority of people in India in areas close to the India Bangladeshi border largely as a result of the past and continuing illegal immigration.
- North Korea and South Korea share a militarized border, known as the Korean Demilitarized Zone and has been in operation since the end of the Korean War in July 1953 when the Korean Armistice Agreement developed the DMZ near the 38th parallel, when the war started. It's meant to keep North Koreans from invading the south and has many landmines and such located in the strip of land. Many North Koreans attempt to cross the border every year, along with the border with China. Even then, only a handful have been able to defect to the South by de-activating the electric fences.
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