The updated AIDA Country Report on Slovenia provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in 2025. It is accompanied by an annex which provides an overview of temporary protection.
A number of key developments drawn from the overview of the main changes that have taken place since the publication of the update on 2024 are set out below.
(A) International protection
Asylum procedure
- Statistics: 28,200 irregular arrivals were recorded in 2025. This represented a significant decrease from 46,217 in the previous year. 25,519 people expressed their intention to apply for international protection but only 4,172 applications were ultimately lodged. 3,947 applicants (95%) absconded before the first instance decision. 1,895 decisions were issued in 2025 of which 1,670 concerned Dublin transfers. Only 36 decisions resulted in the granting of refugee status and 35 in the granting of subsidiary protection.
- Length of the procedure: People had to wait between 2 and 20 days to lodge their asylum application in 2025. The average duration for the in-merit decision-making process increased to 277 days (174 days in 2024) and applicants had to wait up to 12 months for their personal interview. Procedures at second instance were also prolonged in 2025 due to the backlog of cases. People in the regular procedure can wait for more than three years to receive a decision from the Administrative Court and several more years to receive a decision from the Supreme Court.
- Dublin procedure: Until 2025, the Ministry of the Interior (MoI) would not enforce a Dublin decision until the Administrative Court had made a decision on the interim measures request. In 2025, the practice was changed so that if the Court does not issue a decision within seven days of lodging a judicial review, the MoI will proceed with the transfer.
- Legal assistance and representation: Access to free legal assistance and representation before the Administrative Court continued to be a challenge for most asylum applicants in 2025. Combined with the short time limits for the judicial review, this meant that some people were unable to exercise their right to a legal remedy.
Reception conditions
- No significant improvement in reception conditions: Despite the decrease in the number of arrivals in 2025, there was no significant improvement in reception conditions.
- Violence against asylum applicants: There were reports of violence committed by employees of a private security company against asylum applicants in the Asylum Home in 2025. Following a visit, the Ombudsperson recommended that security should be ensured by the police.
- Identification of vulnerable groups: There is no procedure in place for the systematic identification of vulnerable applicants and data on vulnerable applicants is not collected.
Detention of asylum applicants
- 28 asylum applicants were detained by the MoI and the Government Office for the Support and Integration of Migrants (UOIM) in 2025. 23 detained applicants lodged a judicial review against the detention decision.
Content of international protection
- Family reunification: Beneficiaries of international protection lodged 97 applications for family reunification in 2025. 78 applications were approved by the MoI in 2025.
- Integrational contract: All beneficiaries of international protection are entitled to basic rights (e.g. healthcare, access to the labour market, education, etc.). However, they have to sign an integration contract if they want to access the full scope of the rights (e.g. accommodation in the integration house, social support for accommodation, etc.).
(B) Temporary protection
Temporary protection procedure
- Statistics: 1,741 people applied for temporary protection in 2025. Temporary protection was granted to 1,606 people while 18 applications were dismissed, 28 were rejected and 42 procedures were stopped.
Content of temporary protection
- Rights of people with temporary protection: Temporary protection applicants and beneficiaries are entitled to accommodation and meals in accommodation centres, as well as emergency medical care, specialist and clinical health care emergencies, and healthcare for women. Beneficiaries of temporary protection are also entitled to receive monthly allowances or financial assistance for private accommodation, to work and access the labour market and education, including scholarships, under the same conditions as Slovenian nationals. Applicants for temporary protection are entitled to access education under the same conditions as beneficiaries of temporary protection with the exception of pre-school education and scholarships.
- Legislative developments: A new law which introduced a more structured and comprehensive legal framework governing temporary protection entered into application in July 2025. The ‘Temporary Protection of Displaced Persons Act’ clarified the relationship between temporary and international protection, and introduced a more detailed regulation of the temporary protection procedure. It also introduced changes concerning the rights and obligations of beneficiaries of temporary protection, including provisions related to absence from the country and its potential implications for access to status and rights, and provided a legal basis for transitioning to other residence statuses following the termination of temporary protection.
The full report is available here and the annex on temporary protection is available here.
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