'Dublin' statistics (migr_dub)

National Reference Metadata in Single Integrated Metadata Structure (SIMS)

Compiling agency: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS)


Eurostat metadata
Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS)
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Demography and level of living
1.5. Contact mail address

Litostrojska cesta 54

SI-1000 Ljubljana

SLOVENIA


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 17/06/2023
2.2. Metadata last posted 17/06/2023
2.3. Metadata last update 17/06/2023


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

This metadata information is provided by the authorities of Ministry of the Interior, Migration Directorate, Department for International Protection Procedures of Slovenia to ensure compliance with the requirements of Article 4.4 (Dublin statistics) of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 on Migration and International Protection as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851.

As required by Article 9 of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007, Member States must report to Eurostat on the data sources used, the reasons for the selection of these sources and the effects of the selected data on the quality of the statistics. Member States shall provide Eurostat with all the information necessary to evaluate the quality, comparability and completeness of the statistical information.

The reference document used for assessing the compliance of the concepts and definitions in this metadata file is the document Dublin statistics - Eurostat Technical guidelines to Dublin statistics (see Annex).
3.1.1. General description and overview of the statistical domain at national level

Requests sent and received by individuals and all other prescribed procedures related to the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation - Regulation (EU) No 604/2013.
3.2. Classification system

See below.
3.2.1. International and national classifications and breakdowns used
Classification Eurostat breakdown National breakdown
Request Total, Request, Re-examination request, Unknown  Total, Request, Re-examination request, Unknown
Decision on request Total, Positive decision, Negative decision, Unknown  Total, Positive decision, Negative decision, Unknown
Legal provision (Dublin criteria) Please consult the latest Technical Guidelines documentation (in Annex)  Legal provision on Article of Dublin regulation
Duration of transfer Total, From 1 to 6 months, From 7 to 12 months, From 13 to 18 months  Total, From 1 to 6 months, From 7 to 12 months, From 13 to 18 months
Duration of response to a request for information Total, 5 weeks or less, Over 5 weeks, Unknown  Total, 5 weeks or less, Over 5 weeks, Unknown
Sex Total, Males, Females, Unknown Total, Males, Females, Unknown 
Applicant Total, Adult, Unaccompanied minor, Accompanied minor, Unknown  Total, Adult, Unaccompanied minor, Accompanied minor, Unknown
3.3. Coverage - sector

Migration and international protection – Dublin statistics
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

See below.
3.4.1. Definitions and discrepancies
Concept / Variable Definition at national level Discrepancy from Eurostat definition
Request Request No discrepancy  
Re-examination request Re-examination request  No discrepancy  
Request based on Eurodac Request based on Eurodac  No discrepancy   
Transfer Transfer  No discrepancy  
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 First paragraph): no prior criteria applicable Responsibility by default no prior criteria applicable No discrepancy  
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 Second and third paragraph): no transfer Responsibility by default no transfer No discrepancy   
Responsibility by default (Art. 29.2): transfer not implemented Responsibility by default transfer not implemented No discrepancy   
3.5. Statistical unit

The text of Art.4 of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 on Migration and international protection refers in general to statistics based on the number of persons and not on the number of applications. However, the article describing the 'Dublin' statistics (Art.4.4) refers to statistics based on the number of requests. Commission services recommend that Art.4.4 (more precisely 4.4.a, 4.4.c and 4.4.d) is interpreted as referring to the number of persons concerned by each request, decision and transfer.
3.6. Statistical population

Third country nationals applying for asylum under the Dublin Regulation in 2022.
3.7. Reference area

Slovenia.
3.8. Coverage - Time

Since 2008.
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Number of persons.


5. Reference Period Top

2022 Calendar year.


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Regulation (EC) 862/2007; Regulation (EU) No 604/2013.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not applicable.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

See below.
7.1.1. Information on the existence of a national policy for (not) releasing the Dublin data before a certain time after the end of reference period has passed

In accordance with Regulation (EC) 862/2007 and in accordance with the national policy for the publication of Dublin data before a certain time after the end of the reference period, we transmit statistics to Eurostat.
7.1.2. Required confidentiality by law and signed legal confidentiality commitments by survey staff

Employees who work in the research field are bound by professional secrecy.
7.1.3. Potential micro-data access for research purposes by external users and confidentiality provisions applied

Not available.
7.1.4. Procedures for ensuring confidentiality during collection, processing and dissemination, including rules for determining confidential cells

Procedures for ensuring confidentiality during collection, processing and dissemination, including rules for determining confidential cells, are ensured by trained personnel. 
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Confidentiality in data treatment - is guaranteed, as it can only be carried out by authorized personnel and forwarded only to legally defined institutions.


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

The release calendar is adapted to the needs for statistics by the ministry and the deadline for transmission to the competent institutions.
8.2. Release calendar access

Only top management has access, in addition to the staff who process the data.
8.3. Release policy - user access

These statistics are issued exclusively for the needs and purposes of Eurostat.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

These statistics are processed annually.


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

There is no press release for these statistics.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

There are no publications for these statistics. 
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Dublin Statistics are transmitted to Eurostat.

We do not have a national on line database.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations

Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

There are no microdata access for these statistics.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not available.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations

 Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology

Eurostat Guidelines on Dublin statistics - v. 3.1 - 2021.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate

 Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation

The quality of data collection is prescribed by internal instructions, quality control of entered data is conducted.


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Quality is ensured by double-tracking and cross-compared database and statistical validation.
11.2. Quality management - assessment

Quality was checked with the transaction control database, the tables were validated before transmission.
11.2.1. Overall quality assessment, at dataset level

 Dataset

 Quality

Details in case of Sufficient or Poor quality

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality 

 -

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality 

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality 

 -

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality 

 -

Decisions on Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality 

 -

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

Good quality  

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality 

 -

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Good quality 

 -

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Good quality 

 -

 

  • Good quality (extensive quality) - all quality requirements are met according to the standard quality criteria and in line with the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex).
  • Sufficient quality (acceptable quality) - minimum quality requirements are met: minor issues exist which need to be improved.
  • Poor quality (inadequate quality) - the data do not meet the minimum quality requirements: important/many issues exist which affect the quality of the data and which need to be solved.


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs

 The statistics collected under Regulation (EC) 862/2007 are used by a wide range of users at national, European and International level to cover various usersʼ needs.

 

 Users of Dublin statistics :  all the partners involved, the ministry, the police, accommodation centres.

 

 Unmet user needs (on statistics) and reasons why these needs cannot be satisfied (at national and international level): Not available.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

User satisfaction surveys or other user consultations are not carried out. 
12.3. Completeness

See below.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate

The data are complete and meet the needs of statistical reviews.

Ratio of the data completeness is 100%.
12.3.2. Completeness by dataset

Completeness is the extent to which all requested Dublin statistics are provided to Eurostat, according to the data provisions foreseen by Articles 4.4. of Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and by the Technical Guidelines for Dublin statistics (Annex).

 

Dataset

Completeness

Details in case of Incomplete, Not available or Not applicable

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Decisions on Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 -

 

  • Complete - The statistics are complete: the dataset and all requested breakdowns are available, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Incomplete - The statistics are incomplete: the dataset is available but some of the requested breakdowns are not available, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Not available - The statistics are not available: the dataset is not available, that is all the requested breakdowns are missing, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Not applicable - The statistics are Not applicable: the concept/process is not used or it does not exist in the country


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall

The statistics are accurate as they are derived from a captured and managed case base - Dublin cases.
13.1.1. Assessment of the accuracy of the national Dublin statistics by dataset

Accuracy is the closeness of the data to the exact or true values that the statistics were intended to measure. Reliability is the closeness of the initial provided value to the subsequent (revised) value.

 

Assessment of the accuracy of the national Dublin statistics, at dataset level

Dataset

Accuracy

Summary of main sources of error in case of Good/Low/Very low Accuracy

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

 -

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Decisions on Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 High

- 

  

  • High = 100 % accuracy. The reported statistics measure accurately the target population, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and as defined in the Technical Guidelines for Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Good = 95 - 99 % accuracy. The reported statistics do not cover accurately the target population and a small part of the targeted population is missing, or a small part of non-targeted (erroneous) population is included in the reported statistics; the bias/error in the reported statistics is expected to be small
  • Low = 80 - 94 % accuracy. The reported statistics do not cover accurately the target population and a large part of the targeted population is missing, or a large part of non-targeted (erroneous) population is included in the reported statistics; the bias/error in the reported statistics is expected to be large
  • Very low = less than 80 % accuracy. The reported statistics do not cover accurately the target population and a very large part of the targeted population is missing, or a very large part of non-targeted (erroneous) population is included in the reported statistics; the bias/error in the reported statistics is expected to be very large
13.2. Sampling error

There is no sampling error in the statistics.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators

There is no sampling error in the statistics.
13.3. Non-sampling error

See below.
13.3.1. Coverage error

There are no coverage errors in the statistics.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate

See the file ‘Proportion of units (persons) reported in the statistics that do not belong to the target populationʼ in annex.



Annexes:
Proportion of units (persons) reported in the statistics that do not belong to the target population
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion

Not applicable.
13.3.1.3. Assessment of potential coverage errors

Dataset

Coverage errors - Discrepancies from Eurostat target population

Summary of main sources of errors in case of errors and/or discrepancies from Eurostat practice

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  No

 -

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  No

 -

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  No

 -

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Decisions on Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

  No

- 

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

  No

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13.3.1.4. Average lag of registering (to the national database/register) the following administrative events
Event Lag in number of days Details
An incoming Dublin request from a partner country                                    0  
An incoming decision from a partner country accepting the request to take back/charge a person                                    0   
A decision made by the national authority to accept or to reject a request from a partner country to take charge/back a person                                    0   
13.3.2. Measurement error

There is no measurement error in the statistics.
13.3.3. Non response error

There is no Non response error in the statistics.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate

Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate

Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error

There are no processing errors in the statistics.
13.3.5. Model assumption error

There are no model assumption errors in the statistics.


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness

See below concepts 14.1.1 and 14.1.2.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result

- Number of days (on average) after the end of the reference period at which the country is able to report the first/preliminary data, at the earliest : 60

 

- Reasons for possible long production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation : Checks and internal controls of statistics.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result

- Number of days (on average) after the end of the reference period at which the country is able to report the final data, at the earliest : 60

 

- Reasons for possible long production of the final data and plans to improve the situation : Checks and internal controls of statistics.
14.2. Punctuality

Dublin statistics are transmitted within the legal deadline.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

The statistics are delivered within the prescribed period.


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

See below.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

Asymmetry for mirror current statistics is not used, all practical cases are included.
15.1.2. Assessment of possible sources of lack of comparability between countries

Assessment of possible sources of lack of comparability between countries, due to discrepancies from Eurostat concepts, definitions or due to differences in methods.

 

# Topic Response  Explanatory details and assessment of the magnitude of error (where applicable)
1 Does the country report all persons individually (e.g. in case of families all persons must be reported individually)? Yes  -
2 Does the country report each request/decision/transfer concerning the same person during the same year (even if multiple requests/decisions/transfers are made for the same person during the year)? Yes   -
3 For the data on “Requests based on Eurodac hit” and “Decisions based on Eurodac hit”, does the country report also children below 14 years old who are not fingerprinted?  Yes  -
4 In case a request for a person involves more than one partner countries, does the country report all requests it sent/received to/from all the partner countries involved?  Yes  -
5 Where the request is accepted based on a different legal basis from the one on which the request was sent, does the country report the data based on the article (legal basis) on which the request is accepted?  Yes  -
6 Does the country report only successful incoming transfers (i.e. only those where the country has effectively received the person on its territory)?  Yes  -
7 Does the country report only successful outgoing transfers (i.e. those for which the country has undertaken all appropriate measures in order to send a transferee to another Member State)?  Yes  -
8 Does the country report transfers for cases where the applicant otherwise travelled back to the Member State responsible on its own within the transfer time limits (without the country organizing the actual transfer)?  Yes  -
9 Does the country report requests sent/received by mistake (i.e. when the actual partner country should have been different than the one intended)?  Yes  -
10 Does the country report a person as adult or minor according to the age of the person at the date of the respective administrative event (e.g. the person was minor at the date of the request, but at the date of transfer the person was not a minor anymore)?  Yes  -
11 Does the country carry out the Dublin/Eurodac check before the formal registration of the asylum application?  Yes  -
12 For the data of “Article 3.2 first paragraph – Responsible by default: no prior criteria applicable”, does the country report any applicant for which the Dublin criteria do not apply? This means any person who applied for protection in the reporting country, as a first Member State of application, and for whom no Dublin criteria applied for him/her to be taken charge of by another Member State.

 Yes

 -
13 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on incoming requests” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly?  Yes  -
14 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on outgoing requests” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly?  Yes  -
15 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on incoming requests bases on Eurodac” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly?  Yes  -
16 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on outgoing requests bases on Eurodac” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly?  Yes  -
17 For the data of Transfers, in case of different legal basis between the request and the positive decision to accept the responsibility to examine the application, does the country report the legal ground (LEG_PROV) on which the decision (acceptance of request) was based on?  Yes  -
18 Does the country report under 'Incoming pending transfers' cases where the partner country did not implement the transfer within the foreseen time limits (Article 29.2)?  Yes  -
19 Does the country report under ‘Outgoing pending transfers' cases where the country did not implement the transfer within the foreseen time limits (Article 29.2)?  Yes  -
15.2. Comparability - over time

Comparability - with monthly and quarterly statistics.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series

Comparable time series:

- 2008-2014

- Since 2014
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not applicable.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Dublin statistics (sub annual and annual data) are coherent.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts

Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal

The statistics are internally consistent.


16. Cost and Burden Top

Not applicable.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

The data is audited by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.
17.1.1. Description of the national revision policy for Dublin statistics

 In national practice we produce also monthly statistics with revisions and controls of the data.
17.1.2. Number of revisions planned on average
Data revision practice National practice  Further details (if necessary)
Average number of planned revisions performed during a year (for latest reference year)  12  -
Average number of unplanned revisions performed during a year (usually caused by the discovery of a mistake)  12  -
Main reasons for revisions (new source data are becoming available, new methods/concepts, etc.) and extent to which the revisions improved the accuracy of the data In national practice we produce also monthly statistics with revisions and controls of he data.  -
Where the request is accepted based on a different legal basis from the one on which the request was sent, Member States have to report their data based on the article (legal basis) on which the request is accepted.

As far it is possible, this applies also to the data on outgoing and incoming requests. In case the requests are submitted/received in a different reference year than the decision was taken, data on requests shall be revised accordingly by both countries.

Does the country revise its data according to the above guidance?

  Yes  -
17.1.3. Description of the main reasons for revisions

National and work needs - when we have contacts with individual countries, or when we study a specific national population.
17.2. Data revision - practice

See below.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size

The size of revision gives an idea of the stability of the data while direction is important to understand whether preliminary data tend to overestimate or underestimate the real target population.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data

administrative data
18.2. Frequency of data collection

Daily - cases and proceedings are conducted on an ongoing basis.
18.3. Data collection

Daily - cases and proceedings are collected in real time.
18.4. Data validation

Cases and procedures are also kept real-time in an excel table - which we use for internal validation of the database.
18.4.1. Validation procedures
Validation activity Performed Periodicity Details (methods and tools)
Check that the population coverage is accurate, as required according to the definitions of the Technical guidelines (Annex)   Yes  Monthly Internal validation - database and excel table
Compare the data with data of previous periods   Yes  Monthly Internal validation - database and excel table
Check for outliers   Yes  Monthly Internal validation - database and excel table
Investigate inconsistencies in the statistics (checking the consistency of "Total" values over each variable)   Yes  Monthly Internal validation - database and excel table
Verify the statistics against expectations and domain intelligence   Yes  Monthly Internal validation - database and excel table
Confront the data against other relevant data (e.g. Asylum statistics, of the mirror data from the partner countries)   Yes  Monthly Internal validation - database and excel table
Check retrospectively (a sample of) the data in the register/database in order to confirm they are accurate   Yes  Monthly Internal validation - database and excel table
18.5. Data compilation

Data is collected daily in a database and excel table.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate

If needed - on daily basis.
18.6. Adjustment

No adjustments made.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable.


19. Comment Top


Related metadata Top


Annexes Top
Eurostat Guidelines on Dublin statistics - v. 3.1 - 2021