Key Findings
Best practice (100% score)
Fields of application for anti-discrimination law
Favourable
Rights associated with family reunion
Unfavourable
Eligibility for access to nationality
Policies for political participation, especially implementation policies
Critically unfavourable (0% score)
Consultative bodies
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Overview
Most migrants in Slovenia have strong ties with the country being fellow citizens of the Former Yugoslavia. Recognised refugees from the wars in the 1990s make up a large part. In 2004, the government first adopted quotas for migrant workers. The small numbers arriving are mostly from the former Yugoslavia and Albania. Migrants have an employment rate 10.1 percentage points lower than Slovenes, though the gap for women is much smaller. Migrants are more than twice as likely as Slovenes to be in temporary work.
Policy debates revolve around rights and services for refugees, the enforcement of anti-discrimination law, and numerous Constitutional Court decisions on the ‘erased.' Although Slovenia receives rather average scores compared to all 28 MIPEX countries, it often leads the EU-10. Policies on labour market access, and anti-discrimination are second best, whilst family reunion policies rank first of the EU-10. However, the weakest area - political participation - ranks 5th from the bottom of the 28 MIPEX countries.
The Erased
When Slovenia became independent, any adult resident was eligible for citizenship. The 18,305 who did not apply in time lost their permanent resident status. These ‘erased' people became foreigners or stateless. |
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Integration Policy Timeline
7/11/2005
Amendment to Employment and Work of Aliens Act introduced and prepared throughout 2006 and 2007
02/2006
Decree on Integration of Aliens prepared
06/2006
New Act on Protection of Public Order increased sentencing if violent or offensive behaviour or damaging of state property performed to incite racial, ethnic, religious, nationality intolerance
07/2006
Human Rights Ombudsman's Annual Report noted decrease in complaints for discrimination, pointed to unresolved issue of the
erased, and criticised unsatisfactory implementation of provisions on hate speech and harassment
12/2006
Integration House for recognised refugees bought in Ljubljana. To be operational in 2007
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Migrant Profile
