Countries
1: Africa.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
- 4.1: Belgium.
- 4.2: Bulgaria.
- 4.3: Cyprus.
- 4.4: Czech Republic.
- 4.5: Denmark.
- 4.6: Estonia.
- 4.7: Finland.
- 4.8: France.
- 4.9: Greece.
- 4.10: Hungary.
- 4.11: Ireland.
- 4.12: Italy.
- 4.13: Latvia.
- 4.14: Lithuania.
- 4.15: Luxembourg.
- 4.16: Malta.
- 4.17: Netherlands.
- 4.18: Norway.
- 4.19: Poland.
- 4.20: Portugal.
- 4.21: Romania.
- 4.22: Slovakia.
- 4.23: Slovenia.
  - 4.23.1: Introduction.
  - 4.23.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 4.23.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 4.23.4: Country Links.
  - 4.23.5: Reference List.
- 4.24: Spain.
- 4.25: Sweden.
- 4.26: Switzerland.
- 4.27: Turkey.
- 4.28: Ukraine.
- 4.29: United Kingdom.
5: Middle East .

Slovenia Profile

Quick Facts

Dedicated immigration detention centres: 1 (2010)

Detention capacity at dedicated facility: 220 (2010)

Total persons detained: 408 (2009)

Maximum length of detention: 1 year

Asylum seekers: 84 (Jan. 2009)

Last updated: May 2010

Slovenia Detention Profile

Reference List

Aliens Act (English translation). Consolidated version 7 September 2007. http://www2.policija.si/portal_en/zakonodaja/pdf/AliensAct2007.pdf (accessed 13 April 2010)
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). 2006. Third report on Slovenia, Adopted on 30 June 2006. 13 February 2007. Strasbourg: Council of Europe. http://hudoc.ecri.coe.int/XMLEcri/ENGLISH/Cycle_03/03_CbC_eng/SVN-CbC-III-2007-5-ENG.pdf (accessed 13 April 2010)
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). 2008a. Report to the Slovenian Government on the visit to Slovenia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment from 31 January to 8 February 2006. CPT/Inf (2008) 7. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/svn/2008-07-inf-eng.pdf (accessed 12 April 2010)
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). 2008b. Response of the Slovenian Government to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on its visit to Slovenia from 31 January to 8 February 2006. CPT/Inf (2008) 8. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/svn/2008-08-inf-eng.pdf (accessed 12 April 2010).
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Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe. Website. JRS Slovenia. http://www.jrseurope.org/countries/slovenia.htm (accessed 12 April 2010)
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Slovenia. 2007. “Slovenia” in Civil Society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe. Jesuit Refugee Services Europe, December 2007. http://www.detention-in-europe.org/images/stories/10%20nms%20report%20final.pdf (accessed 12 April 2010)
Matevzic, Grusa (Legal Officer, Hungarian Helsinki Committee). 2010a. Email message to Aiko Holvikivi (Global Detention Project). 17 May 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
Matevzic, Grusa (Legal Officer, Hungarian Helsinki Committee). 2010b. Email message to Aiko Holvikivi (Global Detention Project). 19 May 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
Slovenian Police. Website. Uniformed Police Directorate: Centre for Foreigners. Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of the Interior. http://www2.policija.si/portal_en/organiziranost/uup/CenterZaTujce/index.php (accessed 13 April 2010)
Slovenian Police. Website. Illegal Migration on the Territory of the Republic of Slovenia in 2007. Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of the Interior. http://www2.policija.si/portal_en/statistika/meja/pdf/ilegalneMigracije07.pdf (accessed 13 April 2010)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Website. Slovenia. http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e48e096 (accessed 14 April 2010)