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

Iran

• Border Guard Command

Israel

• Israel Border Police

Malaysia

• Malaysian Immigration Department
• Border Security Agency
• Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency

Pakistan

• Pakistan Rangers
• Frontier Constabulary
• Gilgit Baltistan Scouts
• Pakistan Coast Guard
• Maritime Security Agency
• Pakistan Customs

Singapore

• Immigration and Checkpoints Authority

Thailand

• Border Patrol Police
• Paramilitary Marine Regiment, Royal Thai Navy
• Thahan Phran

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

Vietnam

• Ministry of Defence
  • Vietnam Border Guard

Europe

European Union

• Frontex

Andorra

• Police Corps of Andorra

Belarus

• State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus
• Border Guard Service of Belarus

Bulgaria

• Bulgaria Border Police

Croatia

• Croatian Border Police

Estonia

• Police and Border Guard Board (Estonian: Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet)

Finland

• Finnish Border Guard

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. BMU is responsible for Immigration at Dublin Airport

Italy

• Polizia di Stato
• Guardia di Finanza

Kyrgyzstan

• State Border Guard Service (Kyrgyz Republic)

Latvia

• State Border Guard

Liechtenstein

• Border and Customs Unit

Lithuania

• State Border Guard Service

Moldova

• Moldovan Border Police

Netherlands

• Royal Marechaussee

Norway

• Garnisonen i Sør-Varanger

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)

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

• Swedish Police Authority

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)

Tajikistan

• Tajik Border Troops

Ukraine

• State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державна Прикордонна Служба України)

United Kingdom

• Border Force

Guernsey

• Guernsey Border Agency

Jersey

• Customs & Immigration Service

North America

Canada

• Canada Border Services Agency

United States

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Oceania

Australia

• Australian Border Force

New Zealand

• Immigration New Zealand
• New Zealand Customs Service

South America

Colombia

• Migración Colombia

Defunct agencies

East Germany

• Grenztruppen der DDR

Soviet Union

• USSR Border Troops

Hungary

• Border Guard

References

2. "Lei n.º 63/2007 - GNR" (PDF).