Slovakia

The main migration policy instruments in Slovakia:

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

• National policies and legislation:
• Consult Slovakia’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:
• 1993: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2004: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs in Slovakia:

•  Ministry of Interior: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, residence); asylum; border management and irregular migration; integration; return and repatriation.
• Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs: visa and consular affairs; relations with third countries; development policy.
• Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family: integration and labour migration policies.

Sources:

• European Migration Network (2017): EMN Country Fact Sheet. Slovakia 2017. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/24a_slovakrepublic_country_factsheet_2017_en.pdf
• Slovak National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2009): Organisation of Migration and Asylum Policies in Slovakia.
• https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/asylum-migration/23._slovak_republic_factsheet_institutional_chart_october2012_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