Immigration Policy of Romania. Challenges and Recommendations

Abstract

International migration is a major policy issue across Europe due to direct external and internal pressures on asylum and integration systems; this review article compares Romania's immigration policy to European migration governance by focussing on structural challenges of immigrants and refugees. The legal conformity of Romania with EU asylum legislation, international refugee conventions and the Dublin Regulation is examined via qualitative examination of literature, policy papers and institutional reports. The insights from the existing literature discourse revealed that legislative responsibilities are not fulfilled in Romania across the areas of integration, institutional capability and long-term protection as Romania has asylum application and border management procedures but integration of immigrants is still slow due to poorly integrated policies, a centralised administration and a lack of social and economic support.