Ministerio de Interior

The Ministerio de Interior (Ministry of Interior) in Spain is the government department responsible for internal security, policing, immigration, and the issuing of national identification documents. It is currently newsworthy due to two recent developments. Firstly, the Consejo de Estado (Council of State) has raised concerns regarding a proposed extraordinary regularization of migrants, specifically requesting the Ministerio de Interior to implement stricter procedures for verifying the criminal records of potential beneficiaries before granting residency permits. The Council insists that the process should be suspended if a migrant's criminal history cannot be properly assessed. Secondly, the Ministerio de Interior has announced the full implementation of the 'MiDNI' application, a digital ID that allows citizens to legally identify themselves using their mobile phones, holding the same validity as the physical document. This digital ID is now officially accepted by all public and private establishments. These events highlight the Ministerio de Interior's ongoing role in managing immigration policies and modernizing citizen identification processes.