Freedom of movement

Freedom of movement link (freedom)
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The freedom to move around.

Freedom of movement, i.e. the ability to travel and to go out of the house was once impinged upon most drastically on a global scale in the early 2020s, as part of the COVID project, following an initial couple of months of Covid fearmongering. People were initially confined for a limited period (e.g. "14 days to slow the spread [of the killer virus]", this was later extended for months on end. Plans to introduce "vaccine passports" as a means to deny freedom of movement to anyone who refused to be injected were shelved in 2022 after stiff opposition.

Official narrative

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 13, declares that "Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country."

National borders

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Generally, passports and often also visas are required for international travel. This restriction was systematised after World War I. In France, visa restrictions were introduced amid anxiety about potential soldiers fleeing the country. This policy was disguised as a method to prevent German spies from entering the country.Template:Cn

In 2012? ^[When?]Template:Cn the US government afforded itself the right to remove US citizens' passports without due process if it suspected them of "terrorism".

Migration

Full article: Migration

Moving domicile between nation states is referred to as migration. Certain nation states have open borders, which facilitate international travel. Immigrants are sometimes scapegoated, and given deprecatory labels such as "aliens" or "economic migrants".

Imprisonment

The rise of the carceral state in USA is unprecedented, and whilst other nations have far fewer actual prisoners, many states have harsh visa requirements or immigration policies which limit people's freedom of movement. 'Economic Globalisation' has allowed greater freedom of movement within the European Union, but globally, the case is not so straightforward.

Ethnic Japanese living in USA were imprisoned during World War II.Template:Cn

COVID

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Internal state borders are closed during COVID. New South Wales on left, Queensland on right.

Restricted during COVID-19.

By country

China

Full article: Strike Hard Campaign

Since 2016, the Chinese "Strike Hard Campaign" has increasingly restricted the movement of 13 million ethnic Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. An unknown number have been imprisoned in "re-education camps".Template:Cn

UK

The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 made it illegal to travel to regions the UK government decreed as off limits, punishable by 10 years in prison.

Australia

The Australian government has banned its citizens from travelling to specific areas.

Predictions

In 2019 Ole Dammegård‎ predicted increasing restrictions on the movement of people. A prediction which proved correct with the COVID-19 Lockdown, that saw unprecedented restrictions on travel, and the US government's suspending of passport applications except in cases of "qualified life-or-death emergency".