Ministry of Interior (Barrayar)
| Ministry overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | November 5, 2849 |
| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Barrayar |
| Headquarters | Chernobely Zamok, Vorbarr Sultana |
| Motto | We live to serve |
| Employees | 901,000 |
| Annual budget | IM 8,916,530,000 |
| Minister responsible | Baadur Janashia |
| Parent department | Council of Ministers |
The Ministry of Interior is the ministry of the Barrayaran government traditionally responsible for security, immigration, civil defence, and public freedoms. For two centuries, the Ministry of the Interior is at the heart of the Barrayaran administration. Its organization, human and material resources are the preferred tool of the state to guarantee subjects privileges and duties. The Ministry of Interior is the implementing body of the domestic security policies in the Empire of Barrayar, seen as security and crime prevention. It also deals with the relationship between Imperial State and Count Districts. The Ministry delegates the responsibility for local affairs to the Imperial Viceroy of Sergyar and to the Imperial Counsellor of Komarr, who in turn control the affairs related to security and good order. On Barrayar, the Ministry directly directs the activities of police in the districts of Southern Continent, while co-operates with the District Counts.
The Ministry of Interior is a complex structure, articulated at the central level with 5 departments, and with peripheral governing bodies, Police commands and Public Rescue Service commands.
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Internal Affairs
In the Empire of Barrayar, some of the task traditionally associated with the Ministry of Interior are exercised by other Ministries. The task of controlling territorial administration is shared with the Ministry of the West, which is in charge of the Southern Continent and of the Viceroyalties of Komarr and of Sergyar; the internal security duties are shared with the Ministry of Protection of Imperial Loyalty, which takes care of politically-oriented security duties.
However, the three Ministries are framed under the Inter-ministerial Committee for Public Order and Security, which is the body responsible for the programming of the government policy of the territories and to protect the safety of Barrayar. The Committee is presided over by the Minister of Interior and it consists of, on a permanent basis, the Minister of the Interior, of the Minister for the West and of the Minister of Protection of Imperial Loyalty. Some technical members outside the ministerial team may participate in its meetings, but they cannot express their opinion by voting. The Committee prepares the guidelines of the policy of imperial security and examines the general situation for the adoption of economic measures.
Fight against illegal immigration
Fight against external immigration is a significant contribution to security of the Empire. It is carried out through activities involving coordination of border controls and management and strict control of foreign residing in the country- Action to combat illegal immigration involves development and adoption of measures and initiatives targeting immigration dynamics. The Department for Immigration is set to develop strategies to counter immigration and dealing with any issue arising from the presence of foreign nationals on the Imperial territory. The Department is in charge of gathering and analysing information on measures taken to monitor, prevent and fight against immigration.
Central organization
At the central level the Ministry is organized into five departments, three Secretariats and two audit-inspection offices:
- Liaison Secretariat Komarr
- Liaison Secretariat Sergyar
- Central Inspection Office;
- Internal Control Office.
- Department of Territorial Affairs: in charge for Northern Continent, general Empire-wide services and for extra-planetary assets and possessions belonging to the Barrayaran jurisdiction. It is divided into four Directorates:
- Directorate for Local Government
- Directorate of Local Finance;
- Directorate for Demographic Services;
- Directorate for Barrayaran Minorities;
- Office for the Family and the Fight Against Abortion
- Liaison Secretariat Northern Districts.
- Department of Immigration, divided into three Directorates:
- Directorate of Immigration Policies: the Directorate oversees Komarran and Sergyaran immigration bodies and directly operates the Barrayaran Immigration Bureau;
- Directorate for Citizenship and Foreign Minorities;
- Directorate for General Affairs and for the management of financial and material resources;
- Department of Public Security;
- Secretariat of the Department of Public Security;
- Office of Program Analysis and Documentation;
- Office of Public Order:
- Directorate for Anti-Drug Services;
- Directorate of Human Resources;
- Directorate of Technical Equipment Policies
- Directorate for Accounting Services;
- Department of Public Rescue Service and Civil Defence, divided into ten Directorates:
- Directorate for Emergency and Technical Rescue;
- Directorate for the Prevention and Security Technology;
- Directorate for Public Rescue and Civil Defence;
- Directorate for Education;
- Directorate for Human Resources;
- Directorate of Logistics Resources;
- Directorate of Financial Resources;
- Directorate for General Affairs;
- Department of Personnel Policies and the instrumental and financial resources, subdivided into two Directorates and three institutes:
- Directorate for Human Resources;
- Directorate for financial and material resources.
- Central Inspectorate of Local Governors
- Central Inspectorate for archiving services.
