Immigration Policies in Romania: Policy Proposals Regarding the Protection of Immigrants’ Civil Rights in Romania

The recommendations within this policy brief stem from the results of the study entitled "Discrimination, abuse and exploitation: immigrants' access to civil rights" which investigates the integration problems faced by immigrants present in Romania in five key areas related to fundamental rights: housing, health, education, work and access to goods and services (banking and telecommunications). The study aimed at exploring the issue and, given the heterogeneity of the group, the results cannot be generalized and do not claim to cover the entire immigrant population or the entire variety of problems that immigrants face when it comes to access to housing, education, health, work, goods and services. Although the results should be interpreted restrictively, within this context, the problems reported are nevertheless very real and the limited coverage of the overall picture does not invalidate the conclusions and the present policy proposals.