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Slovenia
Population:
NFP: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Involvement:
Since 2006
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
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