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
China
- General Administration of Customs - Primary customs and excise agency.
- Ministry of Public Security
- National Immigration Administration - China Immigration Inspection
- People's Armed Police - Border patrol and control functions in remote regions.
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Immigration Department
- Hong Kong Customs & Excise
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
Malaysia
- Malaysian Immigration Department
- Border Security Agency
- Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency
Pakistan
- Pakistan Rangers
- Frontier Corps
- Gilgit Baltistan Scouts
- Pakistan Coast Guard
- Maritime Security Agency
- Pakistan Customs
Turkey
- Department of Foreigners, Borders and Asylum
- Border Gendarmerie
- Coast Guard Command
- General Directorate of Customs Protection
Taiwan
- 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
Europe
Belarus
- State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus
- Border Guard Service of Belarus
Estonia
- Police and Border Guard Board (Estonian: Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet)
France
- Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes
- Direction centrale de la police aux frontières
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Georgia
- Patrol Police Department (border control)[1]
- 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 and Equality. BMU is responsible for immigration at Dublin Airport
Poland
- Border Guard (Poland) (Polish: Straż Graniczna)
Portugal
- Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras
Immigration and Border Service
- Guarda Nacional Republicana (Unidade de Controlo Costeiro[2])
Border Surveillance
Romania
- Romanian Border Police (Romanian: Poliţia de Frontieră)
Spain
- National Police (border control, immigration, refuge and asylum, extradition and expulsion)
- Guardia Civil (border surveillance)
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)
Defunct agencies
References
- "Lei n.º 63/2007 - GNR" (PDF).
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