Croatia

The main migration policy instruments in Croatia:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• National policies and legislation:
• Consult Croatia’s national law database.
• Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
• EU legislation:
• Consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
• Ratified international treaties:
• 1992: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2003: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs in Croatia:

• Ministry of Interior: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, residence, citizenship); the reception of asylum seekers and the asylum procedure; border management and irregular migration; return and readmission.
• Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs: consular and visa affairs.
• Ministry of Labour and Pension System: integration of immigrants; proposal of annual quota for employment of foreigners.

Sources:

• Croatian National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2015): Annual Report 2015 on Migration and Asylum Policy in Croatia. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/04a_croatia_apr_part2_en.pdf
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM

Last update: December 2018