The Federal Ministry of the Interior is responsible for a broad range of tasks extending from internal security, policy on foreigners and asylum, the public service, administrative reform and constitutional law to sport.
 
The individual tasks are described in detail under Topics.

Here you can find information on all the Federal Ministry of the Interior’s fields of responsibility in alphabetical order, divided into the following sections:
 

• Political goals – the basic principles and areas of emphasis in each field;

• Data and facts – explanatory information, background material and references to additional sources;

• Publications and statistics – additional documents for further reading;
  Actual publication: The Federal Ministry of the Interior in Profile
  This leaflet provides concise and readily comprehensible information about the Federal Ministry of the Interior and its wide range of tasks. (as of March 2006)

• News – information about the latest developments and publications in each field.