About the European Migration Network

The EMN National Contact Point in Slovenia.

The European Migration Network (EMN) is a network of experts that provides objective, reliable and comparable information on migration and international protection within the EU.

The network

European Migration Network

The origins of the EMN date back to 2003, when the European Commission, at the initiative of the European Council, set up a pilot project for the network in order to improve the exchange of reliable information on migration and international protection between EU Member States.

It was officially established on 14 May 2008 by Council Decision 2008/381/EC and amended by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014. The EMN operates on the basis of multiannual work programmes, and its key tasks include collecting and analysing data from various sub-areas of migration and asylum, preparing thematic studies and other publications, maintaining a glossary of terminology, and organising conferences, expert meetings and other events.

Slovenia

EMN Slovenia

The Slovenian National Contact Point in the EMN operates within the Ministry of the Interior and Public Administration, which, as part of its work in the EMN, prepares national contributions to comparative analytical studies, thematic publications of an informative nature and ad hoc queries for the rapid exchange of information, thereby providing support for policymaking at both EU and national level.

European Union

EMN EU

The EMN is made up of the European Commission, which coordinates its work, and the national contact points of the EU Member States and observer countries, which form the core of the network.

Since 2026, the observer countries in the European Migration Network have been Norway, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Montenegro, Armenia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania and the United Kingdom. In its work, the EMN also cooperates with numerous other stakeholders, such as Eurostat, the EUAA, Frontex, the OECD, the FRA, UNHCR, ICAO, the JRC and the Red Cross.

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