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Slovenia is preparing to enter 2024 with inflation, a conflagration after last year's fires and a financial disaster after this year's floods, as well as an increased number of unauthorized entries into Slovenia. This is what some of the negative factors of this past year look like, and they will remain active negative factors in the everyday life of Slovenian citizens even in 2024. The number of illegal migrants who, despite all the gracious migration welcome in Slovenia, still enter Slovenia illegally, increased from last year's 30.141 to an infamous 55.230. Of course, the data is collected only until the end of November. Most illegal migrants are from Afghanistan, Morocco and Pakistan. "Only" 53.526 migrants expressed their intention for international protection. However, the number of illegal migrants living in Slovenia fell from last year's 3.969 to 1.940. The largest number of illegal migrants who resided illegally in Slovenia this year were from Moldova...

One of the measures announced by the Slovenian government in the event of floods in 2023 is the easier employment of foreigners. The economic construction industry of Slovenia has been employing foreigners at an accelerated rate for a long time. Floods, landslides this year and, as a result, all rehabilitation will also cause a greater demand for all construction activities. Of course, it also depends on how the government determines who is an illegal migrant or worker and who is not. Let's leave aside all the stories about the depleted labor pool in the Balkans and the need for workers from so-called third countries or countries outside the European Union (EU). And, of course, in our estimations, whether it is even necessary to employ foreigners, or whether there is enough domestic Slovenian labor available. With such government announcements, it is good to look at the current data on the settlements of foreign citizens of third countries in Slovenia. Workers from third countries,...