Indicator history

In Slovenia large numbers of migrant workers have been accommodated in dormitories owned by the companies who employed them. Migrants had to pay these companies a rent for the apartment, and they were obliged to stay in these dormitories. The payments of rents were deducted from their salaries. The hygienic and living conditions in these dormitories were at times appalling. The situation reached a peak in 2009 and 2010 when due to the economic crisis that affected the construction sector causing many migrants to lose their job making them unable to pay for housing. Only in 2011 when a new Employment and Work of Aliens was adopted it included a provision obliging the employers who also offer accommodation for migrant workers to respect minimum standards of the premises. Since the number of migrant workers decreased significantly due to the crisis in the construction sector, these dormitories are now almost empty. 

According to the Amnesty International Report, most of the Roma population in Slovenia lives in segregated settlements (slums) in rural areas, in living conditions that are far below minimum standards. Problems pertaining these settlements are insecurity of tenure and problems with accessing basic infrastructure such as water, sanitation and transport facilities. In most municipalities Roma families face barriers in accessing non-profit rented housing, which include lack of information, biased attitudes and discriminatory criteria for allocation. Consequently, many of them they are forced to continue to live in conditions which are below any minimum standards.

Source:

MOZETIČ, Polona. Worker's dormitories : from private property to public forum and back again. In: KIRN, Gal (ur.), KRALJ, Gašper (ur.), PIŠKUR, Bojana (ur.). New public spaces : dissensual political and artistic practices in the post-Yugoslav context. Maastricht: Jan van Eyck Academie: Moderna galerija, 2009, str. 49-62.   

Parallel lives. Roma denied rights to housing and Water in Slovenia, report, Amnesty International, 2011, available at http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR68/005/2011.