List of national border guard agencies
This is the list of the Border Guard agencies in different countries. Such agencies may also be known as Border Patrol, Border Police, Border Troops, Frontier Guard or Frontier Police.
Asia
Bangladesh
- Border Guards Bangladesh - 67,000 personnel
People's Republic of China
- General Administration of Customs - Primary customs and excise agency.
- Ministry of Public Security
- People's Armed Police - Border patrol and control functions in remote regions.
India
- Border Security Force – 245,000 personnel on the Pakistan and Bangladesh Border
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police – 77,000 personnel
- Rashtriya Rifles – 40,000 personnel in Kashmir
- Special Frontier Force – 10,000 personnel primarily used for conducting clandestine intelligence gathering and commando operations along the India Chinese border. Officially constrained from operating within 10 km of the international border
- Assam Rifles – 50,000 personnel organised into 46 battalions, an internal security force with secondary duties along the eastern borders.
- Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) 82,000 personnel on the Bhutan and Nepal borders
Indonesia
- Customs - oversee traffic of goods
- Immigration - oversee traffic of people.
- Land Border : Border Patrol Task Force (Satuan Tugas Pengamanan Perbatasan abbreviated Satgas Pamtas), which consist of Infantry battalions from the Indonesian Army
- Sea Border : Maritime Security Agency, Navy, Coast Guard, Maritime Police and Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance
Iran
Israel
Macau Special Administrative Region
Malaysia
- Malaysian Immigration Department
- Border Security Agency
- Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency
Pakistan
- Pakistan Rangers – 150,000 personnel on India border
- Frontier Corps – 100,000 personnel on Afghanistan and Iran border
- Gilgit Baltistan Scouts – deployed on China border
- Pakistan Coast Guard
- Maritime Security Agency
- Pakistan Customs
Singapore
South Korea
- Korea Immigration Service
- Korea Customs Service
Tajikistan
Thailand
- Border Patrol Police
- Paramilitary Marine Regiment, Royal Thai Navy
- Thahan Phran
Turkey
Republic of China
- National Immigration Agency of the Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan Political Authority - Immigration and border security
- Customs Administration of Ministry of Finance - handles customs
United Arab Emirates
- Critical Infrastructure & Coastal Protection Authority
Vietnam
Europe
European Union
Andorra
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
- Police and Border Guard Board (Estonian: Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet)
Finland
France
Georgia
- Patrol Police Department (border control)[2]
- Border Police of Georgia (border supervision)
Germany
- German Federal Police (formerly known as the Bundesgrenzschutz from 1951-2005)
- Bundeszollverwaltung (Federal Customs Service)
Ireland
- Garda Síochána
- Border Management Unit, Dept of Justice. BMU is responsible for Immigration at Dublin Airport
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
- Border Guard (Poland) (Polish: Straż Graniczna)
Portugal
- Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Immigration and Border Service)
- Guarda Nacional Republicana (Unidade de Controlo Costeiro[3]) (Border Surveillance)
Romania
- Romanian Border Police (Romanian: Poliţia de Frontieră)
Russia
- Border Guard Service of Russia (Russian: Пограничная служба России)
Spain
- National Police (border control, immigration, refuge and asylum, extradition and expulsion)
- Guardia Civil (border surveillance)
Sweden
Switzerland
- Border Guard Corps (land borders and the airports of Basel (together with French Border police), Geneva and Lugano
- Cantonal police of Berne (at Bern-Belp airport)
- Cantonal police of Zurich (at Zurich airport)
Ukraine
- State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державна Прикордонна Служба України)
United Kingdom
Guernsey
Jersey
- Customs & Immigration Service
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
South America
Colombia
- Migración Colombia
Defunct agencies
East Germany
Soviet Union
Hungary
- Border Guard
References
- "Biên phòng Việt Nam website". bienphongvietnam.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2021-09-24.
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- "Lei n.º 63/2007 - GNR" (PDF).
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