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 personals

China

• General Administration of Customs - Primary customs and excise agency.
• Ministry of Public Security - China Immigration Inspection

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Immigration Department
• Hong Kong Customs & Excise

Israel

• Israel Border Police

India

India maintains numerous border guard forces;

• Central Board of Excise and Customs – Customs & Central Excise Department have over 8000 officials on Border Security Check.
• Border Security Force – 245,000 personnels on the Pakistan and Bangladesh Border
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police – 77,000 personnels
• Rashtriya Rifles – 40,000 personnel in Kashmir
• Border wing of the Indian Home Guard – 400 to 600,000 personnel
• 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 border
• Assam Rifles – [50,000 troops] 46 battalions an internal security force with secondary duties along the eastern borders.
• Sashastra Seema Bal(SSB) 82,000 personnels on Bhutan and Nepal border

Iran

• Border Guard Command

Malaysia

• Border Security Agency
• Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency

Pakistan

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

Singapore

• Immigration and Checkpoints Authority

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

Vietnam

• Vietnam Border Defence Force

Europe

European Union

• Frontex

Andorra

• Police Corps of Andorra

Belarus

• State Border Committee

http://www.gpk.gov.by/

Bulgaria

• Bulgaria 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

• Border Police

Germany

• German Federal Police (formerly known as the Bundesgrenzschutz from 1951-2005)
• Bundeszollverwaltung (Federal Customs Service)

Ireland

• Garda Síochána

Italy

• Polizia di Stato
• Guardia di Finanza

Latvia

• State Border Guard

Liechtenstein

• Border and Customs Unit

Lithuania

• State Border Guard Service

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^[1])

Border Surveillance

Romania

• Romanian Border Police (Romanian: Poliţia de Frontieră)

Russia

• Border Guard Service of Russia (Russian: Пограничная служба России)

Spain

• Guardia Civil

Sweden

• Swedish Customs Service

Switzerland

• Border Guard Corps

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

1. "Lei n.º 63/2007 - GNR" (PDF).