The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration is a department of the

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responsible for planning and carrying out the government policy on

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, foreigners,

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and

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. The Ministry's purpose is to guarantee a sufficient and sustainable

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, to establish new inclusive policies that reduce inequality, uncertainty and

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and to develop a new legal framework to order and give security for migrants. The major policy planned by the ministry is to establish and manage a 'vital minimum income'. The department was created by

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Pedro Sánchez Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (; born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish politician who has served as Prime Minister of Spain since 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since July 2017, having p ...

as part of the

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and it took on some of the responsibilities of the Ministry of Labour, Migrations and Social Security; as well as the responsibilities of the

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in civil servants' pensions. It is overseen by the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, currently José Luis Escrivá, who was appointed on 13 January 2020.

Structure

This Ministry is structured in the following higher bodies: * The Secretariat of State for Social Security and Pensions ** The Directorate-General for Social Security Management ** The Office of the Comptroller General of the Social Security *The Secretariat of State for Migration ** The Directorate-General for Migration Management ** The Directorate-General for Humanitarian Care and the International Protection Reception System ** The Directorate-General for Spanish Citizenry Abroad and Return Policies **The Deputy Directorate-General for Legal Regime * The General Secretariat for Inclusion **The Deputy Directorate-General for Inclusion Objectives and Indicators **The Deputy Directorate-General for Inclusion Policies * The Undersecretariat ** The Technical General Secretariat ** The Deputy Directorate-General for Economic Management and Budget Office ** The Deputy Directorate-General for Human Resources and Services Inspection ** The Deputy Directorate-General for Services and Coordination ** The Deputy Directorate-General for Information and Communications Technologies ** The Deputy Directorate-General for Coordination and Monitoring of European Funds.

Agencies

* The National Institute for Social Security * The Social Institute for Sea Workers * The Social Security General Treasury * The Social Security IT Department * The Legal Service of the Social Security Administration * The Permanent Observatory of Immigration

List of officeholders

Office name: *Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration (2020–present)

References

Ministries established in 2020 2020 establishments in Spain Inclusion, Social Security and Migration {{Spain-gov-stub