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Croatian Migration Law: Over-normativity in Search of a Balance between Migration Control and Migrant Rights

In the last decade, the Republic of Croatia has embarked on an extensive modification of its migration law regime. This includes efforts to harmonize national legal provisions with the EU acquis communautaire in all areas linked to migration law. Neither easy nor smooth, this process is still ongoing. This report analyses some of the most relevant changes to the migration law regime in Croatia, especially in the areas of voluntary and involuntary migration. Notably, the overall trend in Croatian migration law is towards over- normativity. Initially intended to facilitate migration, the legal regime governing it has instead deterred economic migration, family unification migration and immigration of highly specialized migrants or investors. The chapter outlines some prevailing concerns about the fundamental rights of migrants as well as recommendations on where legislation still needs to be fine-tuned.

Croatia, Ministry of the Interior, Europeanization, over-normativity, criminalisation and securitization of migration, Ombudsperson’s Report, Amended Foreigners Act (2017), Memorandums on Cooperation, implementing regulations, regularisation

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