Immigration minister

An immigration minister is a member of a government cabinet who usually heads and leads a ministry which manages issues of immigration, asylum for refugees, and the granting of citizenship.

List of ministers by country

Country	Ministry	Head
Afghanistan	Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations	Minister of Refugees and Repatriations
Australia	Department of Immigration and Border Protection	Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
Canada	Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship	Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship
France	Ministry of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Codevelopment
Indonesia	Ministry of Law and Human Rights	Minister of Law and Human Rights
Israel	Ministry of Immigrant Absorption	Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Malaysia	Department of Immigration of Ministry of Home Affairs	Minister of Home Affairs
Myanmar	Ministry of Immigration and Population
Thailand	Royal Thai Police (Thailand), Immigration Bureau of Thailand
United Kingdom	Home Office	Minister of State for Immigration

Other:

- Minister of Labour and Immigration (Manitoba)
- Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (Ontario)

Common types of government ministers and ministries

Leadership	Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Cabinet department

External affairs	Defence (list) Foreign / External Affairs (list) Immigration

Economics / Infrastructure	Commerce Communications Finance (list) Industry Public Works / Infrastructure Transport

Environment / Natural resources	Agriculture Climate-change Energy Environment (list) Fisheries Forestry Irrigation Land management Mining Natural resources Water resources

Social	Education Culture Health Information Interior / Home Affairs (list) Justice Labour Science (and Technology) Sports Tourism Religion

Minister without portfolio Ministries by portfolio

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