MIGRATION POLICY OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC AND THE NEW SECURITY STRATEGY Piotr Sieniawski Institute of Political Science Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Residence permits in Slovakia 2015 - 2017 Migration in Slovakia Residence permits in Slovakia 2015 - 2017 (Ministry of Interior of the SR) Type of citizenship 2015 2016 2017 EU citizens 49 526 52 015 54 056 3rd country citizens 35 621 41 232 50 395 2015 2016 2017 Temporary residence 21 089 26 590 34 570 Permanent residence 13 270 14 347 15 589 Tolerated residence 902 295 236

Illegal border crossings 2015 - 2017 Migration in Slovakia Illegal border crossings 2015 - 2017 (Ministry of Interior of the SR) 2015 2016 2017 Ukraine 867 1234 1786 Syria 582 Iraq 145 Serbia 227 Afghanistan 265 123 Vietnam 160 146 114 108 Kosovo 120 82 34 Pakistan 57 62 Moldova 32 46 Russia 44 31 26 28

Asylum policy of the Slovak Republic Year Asylum Applications Asylum Granted Citizenship Granted 2012 732 32 2013 441 15 7 2014 331 14 12 2015 330 8 5 2016 146 167 3 2017 166 29 6 (Ministry of Interior of the SR) “The Slovak Republic shall grant asylum to aliens persecuted for the exercise of political rights and freedoms. Such asylum may be denied to those who have acted in contradiction with fundamental human rights and freedoms. A law shall lay down the details.“ (Constitution of the Slovak Republic, Art. 53)

Migration in Slovakia Quotas 1st year: 612 asylum seekers (Greece) + 190 asylum seekers (Italy) 2nd year: 656 asylum seekers altogether – 1458 persons - in reality: 149 persons/29 families (Christian religion) from Iraq as of November 2015 21 persons left back to Iraq – “cultural difference”, family bonds relocation of 500 asylum seekers from Austria to Slovakia (Gabčíkovo) 550 scholarships to be granted by the government by 2021 500,000 € for humanitarian projects

Lawsuit against “compulsory quotas” Proposal: - to claim the Decision of the Council of the European Union no. 2015/1601 invalid to put the Council of the European Union under obligation to compensate the legal charges Claims: principle of the institutional balance violated principle of proportionality violated principle of legal certainty violated no legal grounds for the Decision 6 September 2017 – actions brought by Slovakia and Hungary dismissed by CJEU (Ministry of Justice of the SR)

“Antiterrorist law“ Art. 17 (3) A person charged with or suspected of a criminal offence may be detained only in cases provided by a law. A detained person must be immediately informed of the grounds thereof, and after interrogation at the latest within 48 hours, or at the latest 96 hours in case of being suspected of a crimminal offence of terrorism, must be either released or brought before a court. A judge must within 48 hours and, for especially serious criminal offences within 72 hours from bringing the detained person before him or her, hear the person and decide on his or her detention or release. (Constitution of the Slovak Republic)

New Security Strategy sudden increase of irregular illegal migration results: increase of extremism, populism, intolerance, organized crime, threat to Schengen system migration seen as a destabilizing factor “possible infiltration of people attracted by radical and terrorist organizations into migrants or refugees wave” anti-Western propaganda spread on social media taking measures against irregular illegal migration sustainable migration and asylum policy solutions based on solidarity, sustainability and taking into account specific potential of each Member State specific importance of V4

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