​Central

The central government is responsible for:

• The overall policy of immigration and asylum, and
• The implementation of the procedure for recognition of the right to asylum and decision-making in the first instance.
• Asylum law;
• Border security;
• Extraordinary measures to monitor and manage the on-going migrant crisis;
• National strategies and monitoring frameworks;
• Risk assessments;
• Relations with international and regional bodies over transit migration;
• Issuance of visas.

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

• Accommodating recognised refugees and persons under humanitarian protection depending on their economic development and on the number of their inhabitants.
• Other reception measures for asylum seekers and transit migrants.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Interior

Sources:

Law on Asylum and Temporary Protection, Official Gazette 49/2003, 66/2007, 142/2008, 146/2009