List of national border guard agencies
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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.
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[edit] Asia
- China mainland - People's Armed Police, Ministry of Public Security
- Israel - Israel Border Police
- Hong Kong - Border District, Hong Kong Police Force
- India - India maintains numerous border guard forces;
- Border Security Force (BSF) 185,000 on the NW Border area
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police - 12,000
- 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 in Assam, an internal security force with secondary duties along the eastern borders.
[edit] Europe
- Belarus - State Border Committee [1] [2]
- Finland - Finnish Border Guard, subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior [3]
- Germany
- German Federal Police formerly the Bundesgrenzschutz
- East Germany (now defunct) - Grenztruppen der DDR (Border Troops of the GDR)
- Italy - Guardia di Finanza, subordinated to the Ministry of the Treasure
- Latvia - Border Guard (Latvia), or State Border Guard [4]
- Lithuania - State Border Guard Service, subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior [5]
- Norway - Garnisonen i Sør-Varanger
- Poland - Border Guard (Poland) (Straż Graniczna)
- Romania - Romanian Border Police (Poliţia de Frontieră)
- Russia - Border Guard Service of Russia (Пограничная служба России)
- Soviet Union (now defunct) - USSR Border Troops
- Switzerland - Border Guard Corps
- Ukraine - State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Державна Прикордонна Служба України)
- United Kingdom - UK Immigration Service - part of the Home Office.
[edit] North America
- Canada - Canada Border Services Agency and Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- United States of America - United States Border Patrol
