Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS)

Demography and Level of Living Section

Litostrojska cesta 54, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

Data collection on asylum statistics contains statistical information based on the Article 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection.

Asylum applications:

• Asylum, first time and subsequent applicants by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Persons subject of asylum applications pending at the end of month by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Asylum applications withdrawn by citizenship, age, sex and type of withdrawal (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Asylum applicants having had their applications processed under the accelerated procedure by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Applicants having benefited from material reception conditions at the end of the reference year;
• Asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors by citizenship, age and sex.

Decisions on asylum applications:

• First instance decisions on applications by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Decisions withdrawing status granted at first instance decision by citizenship, type of decision and type of reason (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Final decisions in appeal or review on applications by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Decisions withdrawing status granted as final decision in appeal or review by citizenship, type of decision and type of reason (also for unaccompanied minors).

Resettled persons:

• Resettled persons by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and country of previous residence;
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision;
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and resettlement framework. 

In March 2022, the European Commission activated the Temporary Protection Directive 2001/55/EC for people from Ukraine seeking refuge.

Temporary protection:

• Decisions granting temporary protection by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Beneficiaries of temporary protection at the end of the month by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors).

See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Migration and asylum – Asylum statistics.

See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Persons.

Statistical unit is in accordance with Eurostat Guidelines.

See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Republic of Slovenia

See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable.

Number of persons.

Calendar month, calendar quarter and calendar year.

Regulation (EC) 862/2007

Not applicable.

In accordance with Regulation (EC) 862/2007 and in accordance with the national policy for the publication of Asylum data before a certain time after the end of the reference period, we transmit statistics to Eurostat.

Employees who work in the research field are bound by professional secrecy.

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

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

The release calendar is adapted to the needs for statistics by the Ministry of the Interior and the deadline for transmission to the competent institutions.

Only top management has access, in addition to the staff who process the data.

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

These statistics are processed monthly, quarterly and annualy.

There is no press release at national level for these statistics.

There are no publications at national level for these statistics.

We do not have a national online database.

Not applicable.

There are no microdata access for these statistics.

Not available.

Not available.

Eurostat Guidelines on Asylum statistics.

Not applicable.

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

Quality is ensured by double-tracking and cross-comparisons with database and statistical validation.

Quality was checked with the transaction control database, the tables were validated before transmission.

The statistics collected under "Regulation 862/2007" are used by a wide range of users at national, European and International level to cover various usersʼ needs.
Users of Asylum statistics include all the partners involved, the Ministry, the Police, accommodation centers.

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

See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

100%

The statistics are accurate as they are derived from a captured and managed case base - Asylum cases.

The statistics are accurate as they are derived from a captured and managed case base - Asylum cases.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

A priori, there are no non-sampling errors in the statistics. A posteriori information on non-sampling errors is not available.

Not available.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not available.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

There are no processing errors in the statistics.

Not applicable.

60 days (on average) after the end of the reference period when first/preliminary data is able to report. Reasons for time for the production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation are strong checks and internal controls of statistics.

30 days (on average) after the end of the refenrece period for Temporary protection.

60 days (on average) after the end of the reference period when first/preliminary data is able to report. Reasons for time for the production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation are strong checks and internal controls of statistics.

30 days (on average) after the end of the refenrece period for Temporary protection.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable.

Asylum and temporary protection statistics are compliant with Eurostat’s guidelines and should be comparable with other statistics from other EU and EFTA countries. 

Not applicable.

See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable.

Asylum statistics monthly, quarterly and annual data are coherent.

Asylum statistics monthly, quarterly and annual data are coherent.

Not applicable.

The statistics are internally consistent.

The monthly, quarterly and annual operating costs of the process cannot be assessed financially, because the process is performed by a professional who also performs other work in the area of the implementation of the Asylum Regulations. It is a monthly, quarterly and year-round monitoring of the quality of records in the database and the preparation of an annual report. Costs primarily depend on the quality of the data.

In order to improve efficiency this year, we are updating the asylum database so that it will include all the necessary indicators that will enable the capture of comprehensive data as well as the upgrade of analytical products that will enable the rapid production of statistics in the process.

See below.

The data is audited by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia after Eurostat sends validation report about possible inconsistencies in the data.

See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable.

See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

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

Daily - cases and proceedings are collected in real time.

Cases and procedures are also kept real-time in an excel table - which we use for internal validation of the database.

Data are collected daily in a database and in an Excel table.

Not applicable.

No adjustments made.

No statistical technique applied.

No comments.