Romania

The main migration policy instruments in Romania:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• National policies and legislation:
• Consult Romania’s national law database.
• Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
• EU legislation:
• Consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
• Ratified international treaties:
• 1991: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2002: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs:

•  Ministry of Administration and Interior: together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migrationaffairs, including immigration (entry, residence); reception of asylum seekers and asylum procedure; border management and irregular migration; integration; return and repatriation.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: visa and consular affairs.

Sources:

• European Migration Network (2017): EMN Country Fact Sheet. Romania 2017. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/country-factsheets/23.romania_emn_country_factsheet_2014.pdf
• European Committee of the Regions (2016): Division of Powers. Romania - Immigration and Asylum (last accessed: 7.12.2018). https://portal.cor.europa.eu/divisionpowers/Pages/All-countries.aspx
• Romanian National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2010): Organisation of Migration and Asylum Policies in Romania. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/migration-policies/22._ro_emn_ncp_national_report_organisation_of_asylum_and_migration_policies_en_version_19may2009.pdf
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM

Last update: December 2018