ABSTRACT
The evolution of Slovenia's immigration policy has been the result of complex historical and political processes. Migration policy in Slovenia is a relatively recent development. Slovene immigration policy has largely been a policy 'imposed by events' rather than a carefully crafted and deliberated strategy regarding the organization and monitoring of migration flows from and through the country's territory. The chapter analyses the issue - quite fascinating from both an empirical and a theoretical point of view - of people deleted from the Slovenian public registries. They are foreign nationals and asylum seekers who were left stranded in the country after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, practically without political and social rights. Slovenia is one of the youngest and smallest states in terms of both its territory and population. From the point of view of its ethnic composition Slovenia virtually represents a nation-state: around 90 per cent of its population is of Slovenian ethnic origin.
