"The key to Svalbard’s status as probably Europe’s closest thing to a crime-free society, according to the governor, is that unemployment is in effect illegal. “If you don’t have a job, you can’t live here,” Mr. Ingero said, noting that the jobless are swiftly deported. Retirees are sent away, too, unless they can prove they have sufficient means to support themselves."
Basically Svalbard can have relatively open borders because it's unappealing and they are very very aggressive about deportations.
Having deportation along with open borders is the best example of how doublethink has taken over any sane discussion of nordic economies and government
"The key to Svalbard’s status as probably Europe’s closest thing to a crime-free society, according to the governor, is that unemployment is in effect illegal. “If you don’t have a job, you can’t live here,” Mr. Ingero said, noting that the jobless are swiftly deported. Retirees are sent away, too, unless they can prove they have sufficient means to support themselves."
Basically Svalbard can have relatively open borders because it's unappealing and they are very very aggressive about deportations.