Indicator history

The actual migrants, having no citizenship of Slovenia, don't have formal mechanisms to be represented as a group in consultations with the authorities. In some cases, through the organisation Invisible Workers, they have entered into dialogue and negotiations with the autorities in relation to their labour rights, but it was made on an ad-hoc basis, with the support of the unions and other activists in Slovenia.

On the other hand, citizens of Slovenia with origins in other republics of former Yugoslavia have been still considered in official policy documents and academic work - immigrants. If take them into account, since recently they have a formal mechanism of consultations with the autorities. Based on the declaration adopted in the Parliament in 2011, a council has been established for formal consultations, being consisted from the representatives of minority organisations representing communities from former Yugoslavia in Slovenia, and from representatives of the Government of Slovenia.

Sources:

Deklaracija Republike Slovenije o položaju narodnih skupnosti pripadnikov narodov nekdanje SFRJ v Republiki Sloveniji (Declaration of the Republic of Slovenia on the situation of the national communities of members of nations of former SFRY in the Republic of Slovenia), http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=20117&stevilka=210. Date of access: 21.1.2012.