Archive Report
Archive Report
Freedom of Movement Between Nations
Recent cases involving efforts by Soviet officials in the United States to force Soviet citizens here to return to Russia against their will, the Moscow government's persistent refusal to allow Russian women who have married foreigners to leave the country, and the mounting number of clandestine departures of Czechoslovaks from their homeland have directed the world's attention anew to the stringency of restrictions on freedom of movement under totalitarian regimes. The right of individuals to move freely from place to place, subject only to restrictions of a regulatory nature, is an attribute of personal liberty that is fundamental to any conception of freedom. Yet that right is denied today to many millions of persons in many parts of the world.
Various ...