Border control

Border control

Border controls are measures used by a country to monitor or regulate its borders

The control of the flow of people, animals and goods across a border may be controlled by government Customs services. Security is enforced by various kinds of Border Guards and Coast Guards. Official designations, jurisdictions and subordinations of these agencies vary.

Border controls exist to:
* regulate immigration (both legal and illegal)
* control the movement of citizens
* collect excise tax
* prevent smuggling of drugs, weapons, endangered species and other illegal or hazardous material
* control the spread of human or animal diseases (see also quarantine)

The degree of strictness of border controls depends on the country and the border concerned. In some countries, control may be targeted at the traveller's national origin or other countries that have been visited. Others may need to be certain the traveller has paid the appropriate fees for their visas and has future travel planned out of the country. Yet others may concentrate on the contents of the travellers baggage, and imported goods to ensure nothing is being carried that might bring a biosecurity risk into the country. In the member states of the Schengen agreement, internal border control is often virtually unnoticeable, and often only performed by means of random car or train searches in the hinterland, while controls at borders with non-agreement states may be rather strict.

References

See also

* Border
* Border checkpoint

Bibliography

* Champion P.D.; Hofstra D.E.; Clayton J.S.(2007) Border control for potential aquatic weeds. Stage 3. Weed risk assessment. "Science for Conservation 271". p. 41. Department of Conservation, New Zealand. [http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sfc271.pdf]


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