The Cyrenaica region is contiguous with Egypt, and here, too, the border is not naturally defined; illegal as well as legal crossings are frequent.

Legitimate supplies should be brought through the legal crossings.

"Although we share 2,000 miles of border with 250 million legal crossings each year, we still deal in cliches about each other," he said.

The U.S.-Mexico border has the highest number of both legal and illegal crossings of any land border in the world except for the Canada - United States border.

Between Norway and Finland, there are six road border crossings, plus a few legal crossings along wilderness tracks.

Additionally U.S.-Mexico border has the highest number of both legal and illegal crossings of any land border in the world.

The U.S.-Mexico border has the second highest number of both legal and illegal crossings of any land border in the world, behind the Canada-United States border.

The 2,000-mile border is increasingly permeable, with more than 200 million legal crossings last year.

There are about 60 million legal crossings a year, while illegal crossings are down but far from eliminated.

Drivers career up the side streets to escape construction, making jaywalking and even legal crossings more perilous.