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
[edit]Bangladesh
[edit]- Border Guard Bangladesh - Primary Border Security Force
- Bangladesh Coast Guard - Coastal Area Security Force
- Bangladesh Customs
People's Republic of China
[edit]- 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.
Hong Kong
[edit]India
[edit]- 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
- Indian Coast Guard (तटरक्षक) – a specialized maritime force under India's Ministry of Defence dedicated to protecting the sea borders.
Indonesia
[edit]- 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.[1]
- Sea Border : Maritime Security Agency, Navy, Sea and Coast Guard, Maritime Police and Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance.
Iran
[edit]Israel
[edit]Kyrgyzstan
[edit]Macau Special Administrative Region
[edit]Malaysia
[edit]- Malaysian Immigration Department
- Royal Malaysian Customs Department
- Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency
- Malaysian Armed Forces
- Royal Malaysia Police
Pakistan
[edit]- Pakistan Customs operates on all Pakistani borders
- Frontier Corps
- Frontier Corps Balochistan (North) on the central border with Afghanistan.
- Frontier Corps Balochistan (South) on the western border with Iran and the southwestern part of the border with Afghanistan
- Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) on the northwestern border with Afghanistan
- Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South) on the central border with Afghanistan
- Gilgit Baltistan Scouts on the northeastern border with China and part of the Line of Control with Indian Kashmir
- Pakistan Coast Guards is a mainly land-based patrol force on the southern coast
- Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, a coast guard on the southern maritime border
- Pakistan Rangers
- Punjab Rangers on the central eastern border with India
- Sindh Rangers on the south eastern border with India.
Singapore
[edit]South Korea
[edit]- Korea Immigration Service[2]
- Korea Customs Service
Tajikistan
[edit]Thailand
[edit]Republic of China
[edit]- 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
[edit]- United Arab Emirates Coast Guard
- The Dubai Council for Border Crossing Points Security[3]
Vietnam
[edit]Europe
[edit]European Union
[edit]Albania
[edit]Andorra
[edit]Belarus
[edit]Bulgaria
[edit]Czech Republic
[edit]Croatia
[edit]Estonia
[edit]- Police and Border Guard Board (Estonian: Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet)
Finland
[edit]France
[edit]- Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes
- Direction centrale de la police aux frontières
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Georgia
[edit]- Patrol Police Department (border control)[4]
- Border Police of Georgia (border supervision)
Germany
[edit]- German Federal Police (formerly known as the Bundesgrenzschutz from 1951-2005)
- Bundeszollverwaltung (Federal Customs Service)
Ireland
[edit]- Garda Síochána
- Border Management Unit, Dept of Justice. BMU is responsible for Immigration at Dublin Airport
Italy
[edit]Latvia
[edit]Liechtenstein
[edit]Lithuania
[edit]Moldova
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]Norway
[edit]Poland
[edit]- Border Guard (Poland) (Polish: Straż Graniczna)
Portugal
[edit]- Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Immigration and Border Service)
- Guarda Nacional Republicana (Unidade de Controlo Costeiro[5]) (Border Surveillance)
Romania
[edit]- Romanian Border Police (Romanian: Poliţia de Frontieră)
Russia
[edit]- Border Guard Service of Russia (Russian: Пограничная служба России)
Spain
[edit]- National Police (border control, immigration, refuge and asylum, extradition and expulsion)
- Guardia Civil (border surveillance)
Sweden
[edit]Switzerland
[edit]- 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)
Turkey
[edit]- Department of Foreigners, Borders and Asylum
- Border Gendarmerie
- Coast Guard Command
- General Directorate of Customs Protection
Ukraine
[edit]- State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державна Прикордонна Служба України)
United Kingdom
[edit]Guernsey
[edit]Jersey
[edit]North America
[edit]Canada
[edit]United States
[edit]Mexico
[edit]- Instituto Nacional de Migración (National Institute of Migration)
Oceania
[edit]Australia
[edit]New Zealand
[edit]South America
[edit]Colombia
[edit]- Migración Colombia
Defunct agencies
[edit]East Germany
[edit]Nazi Germany
[edit]Fascist Italy
[edit]Soviet Union
[edit]Austria-Hungary
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Subagyo, Agus (April 2021). "Peran TNI dalam Mengamankan Wilayah Perbatasan Darat Indonesia-Malaysia". Insignia: Journal of International Relations. 8 (1). doi:10.20884/1.ins.2021.8.1.2673.
- ^ "Korea Immigration Service". Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Dubai Council for Border Crossing Points Security holds meeting with Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security". Government of Dubai. 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Patrol Police Department".
- ^ "Lei n.º 63/2007 - GNR" (PDF).