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MIGRATION:
Border Controls |
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Comment Border controls are measures used by a country to monitor or regulate its borders. The control of the flow of people, animals, goods and hazardous items across a border may be controlled by government Customs services. Security is enforced by various kinds of Border Guards, Coast Guards or other National Security agencies. Official designations, jurisdictions and subordinations of these agencies vary between countries. Border controls exist to:
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. Sadly, traffickers seem to have discovered a variety of ways round border controls - from smuggling people in containers to bribery, while others continue to travel legally and thus avoid detection.
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