Preventing escape

The term escape prevention summarizes all measures to prevent escape . One can differentiate between who is trying to prevent the escape.

If a state tries to prevent its subjects from fleeing, it does so by means of a correspondingly developed border regime such as restricted areas , border controls , border guards and shooting orders, for example from the GDR . Instead of an order to shoot, however, shooting bonuses for killing refugees can also be used.

If a state tries to prevent illegal entry of refugees, one speaks of escape prevention . This is also done through border controls and border protection systems.

See also

• Berlin wall
• Border fortification
• List of fortified boundaries
• no mans land

Footnotes

1. ↑ According to Stefan Appelius, the GDR government paid every Bulgarian border official 2000 leva (equivalent to around 500 euros) for every GDR refugee killed at the Bulgarian border. ( One thousand per fatal shot, Spiegel-online November 7, 2007 )