In most discussions of the nature and value of freedom, the setting in which it is meant to be enjoyed is assumed to be the domestic relations among citizens in a stable state.However, current social conditions around the world are rife with porous borders, migrating populations, refugees and those fighting for liberation against oppressive regimes.In this setting, those idealized assumptions do not hold; yet, freedom remains a value such persons.In this chapter, I discuss the nature of freedom in this light, and I defend a notion of basic freedom that, on the one hand includes positive elements such as access to resources and the capacity for self-government, but, on the other, does not require full citizenship in ideally functioning democracies (as do other conceptions).