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Romania

Since 2006
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