Border checkpoint

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A border checkpoint is, as its name suggests, a place between borders where the identities of the ongoers or their cargo are evaluated.

[edit] In popular culture

Checkpoints feature especially in political stories and spy novels as the place where one officially changes from one jurisdiction to another, frequently from friend or neutral to enemy. Also, when attempting to cross boundaries illegally, the checkpoint is seen as the last and frequently most difficult challenge immediately preceding the other country.

It's also popularly associated with the phrase "Your papers...".

[edit] Schengen definition

• Border crossing point shall mean any crossing point authorized by the competent authorities for the crossing of external borders;
• Border control shall mean a check made at a border in response solely to an intention to cross that border, regardless of any other consideration.