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Aallot lyövät rantakallioihin.

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Finnish Border Guard

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only in emergencies at sea
+358 294 1000

 

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  • Frontpage
  • What we do
    • Border surveillance
    • Border checks
    • Maritime search and rescue
    • Marine pollution response
      • Marine pollution response procedures and equipment
      • Supervision and prevention
      • International cooperation and agreements
    • Crime prevention
    • National defence and military service
    • International cooperation
  • Customer service and guidelines
    • Guidelines for travellers
      • Guidelines for travellers at border crossings
      • Passports and other travel documents
        • Document required for a minor to travel
      • Automated border control gates
      • Guidelines for boaters at border crossings
        • Border checks of pleasure craft in the Saimaa Canal
      • Frequently asked questions about travel
      • The easternmost point of Finland
    • Guidelines for transport providers
    • Border zone permit
    • Guidelines for people on the waterborne traffic
      • Guidelines for boaters
      • Instructions for walking on ice
      • Maritime search and rescue guidelines
        • Maritime search and rescue manual 2010
      • Emergency notices and maritime radio traffic
      • Apply for a licence to use controlled emergency signals
      • Disposal of emergency signal equipment
    • Contact information
      • Call charges to 0295 numbers
      • Billing address
    • Feedback
      • Feedback on border guard activity
      • Feedback on the website
    • Give the Border Guard a tip
  • Stories from the Border
    • History of the Finnish Border Guard
    • The Border Guard Museum
      • Contact information and how to get there
    • The Coast Guard Museum
    • Association and guilds
    • Rajamme Vartijain Foundation
    • Online exhibitions of the Border Guard Museum
      • Air border guards from the 1930s to the present
      • Border Guard special intervention units 1992–2022
  • A responsible operator
    • Projects
      • ARESIBO
      • CISE
      • D4FLY
      • DTC − Border control without queuing
      • EU-HYBNET
      • OILART
      • OILSAREX
      • Smart Borders
        • ETIAS
        • EES
      • VALVONTA 2
    • Research and development
      • Research permit
    • Responsibility
    • Values and code of ethics
    • Whistleblower protection
  • About us
    • Command and organisation
    • Administrative units
      • Southeast Finland Border Guard District
      • Kainuu Border Guard District
      • Lapland Border Guard District
      • North Karelia Border Guard District
      • West Finland Coast Guard District
      • Gulf of Finland Coast Guard District
      • Air Patrol Squadron
      • Border and Coast Guard Academy
    • Strategy
    • Annual reports and Responsibility reports
    • Border guard dogs
    • Recruitment
  • News
    • News and press releases
      • Firings and noise
    • Measures to stop illegal entry
    • Restrictions on the entry of Russian citizens
      • Frequently asked questions about restrictions on entry
    • Information on arriving in Finland from Ukraine
      • Ukraine war and entry into Finland
    • Social media
    • New patrol vessels
    • The eastern border barrier fence
      • Frequently asked questions about the eastern border barrier fence
    • Purchase of Multipurpose Aircraft