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In the field of asylum, EU legislation requires Member States to harmonise their legislation and practices in line with the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). There are two protection statuses harmonised at European level - refugee status and subsidiary protection, however a variety of national protection statuses exist as well.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Migration Office of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic as members of the National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (EMN) in the Slovak Republic organized a small scale meeting on “Updating the Migration Policy of the Slovak Republic Forseen by 2025”. The meeting took place on 25 February 2020 in Bratislava.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic (MoLSAF SR) as members of the National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (EMN) in the Slovak Republic organized a small scale meeting on "Updating of the Integration Policy of the Slovak Republic aimed at labour market" was held on 31 January 2020 in Bratislava.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the EMN coordinator for Slovakia organised the 7th EMN Educational Seminar on Migration entitled ”Impacts and Opportunities of International Migration“ which was held in Bratislava, Slovakia on 20 - 22 August 2019. The seminar welcomed 15 experts from international organizations and institutions, non-governmental sector, research institutions and academia from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Senegal, Switzerland, The Netherlands and United Kingdom.

On 24 – 25 September 2019, the Migration Office of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as members of the EMN National Contact Point for Slovakia organized in Bratislava a thematic meeting of the national migration network on the topic Health care provision to asylum seekers and foreigners with subsidiary protection.