Timeline for Why do some countries require everyone entering to see a customs officer, and some don't?
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| Jul 6, 2015 at 8:58 | comment | added | NPSF3000 | "ensuring the effectivity of the law as a matter of principle" or maybe they have more to lose? Australia is a island that's trying very hard to keep an isolated biosphere... and a breach can cost a fortune. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 8:24 | comment | added | Relaxed | @reirab That's precisely what I mean by "relative to the size of the country". And there are some cross-border towns which could generate frequent crossings for the local population, very much like in Geneva, Basel, Lille or Strasbourg. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 7:33 | comment | added | reirab | Just as a slight nitpick, I'd guess it has to do more with the frequency of border crossing than the size of the borders. For example, due primarily to the distances involved, it's much less common for the average person in the U.S. to travel to another country than for someone in Europe. By distance, traveling to another country in Europe is comparable to traveling to a different state within the U.S. My guess would be that a large majority of U.S. citizens have never crossed a land border of the U.S., despite the U.S. having around twelve thousand kilometers of them. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 2:14 | comment | added | Gayot Fow | +1 I agree with the part about working from tips. Here HMRC also use a print-out showing the number of pieces of luggage each passenger checked and how long they were away. | |
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| Jul 5, 2015 at 22:29 | history | answered | Relaxed | CC BY-SA 3.0 |