Slovenia

The main migration policy instruments in Slovenia:

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

• National policies and legislation:
• Consult Slovenia’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.
• 2004: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs:

• Ministry of the Interior: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, stay); asylum; border management and irregular migration; integration; return and readmission.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: visa and consular affairs; foreign policy aspects of migration.

Sources:

• Slovenian National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2010): Organisation of Migration and Asylum Policies in Slovenia. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/migration-policies/23._si_emn_ncp_national_report_organisation_of_asylum_and_migration_policies_version_9feb09_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