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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & REGIONAL STUDIES 2nd Year, No. 1 – 2009 Galati University Press, ISSN 2065 -1759 ASYLUM SEEKING AT INTERNATIONAL SCALE AND CHALLENGES TO ROMANIA AS A EU MEMBER STATE 1 Abstract. Prof.Dr. Daniela-Luminiţa Constantin Prof.Dr. Zizi Goschin Prof.Dr. Luminiţa Nicolescu Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest After its accession to the EU, Romania’s characteristics as an immigration country have been more and more emphasized, asylum-seeking becoming a growing phenomenon. This paper addresses the main characteristics of asylum seeking at international scale and in Romania as well, highlighting the challenges that have to be faced for an effective management of this phenomenon. JEL Classification: F22, K4 1. The situation of refugees at international level Year 2007 brought significant developments in the international humanitarian assistance as a result of the armed conflicts and of human rights violation. According to the statistics of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, 2008), the number of the population this organization is responsible went down from 32.9 million persons at the end of 2006 to 31.7 million persons at the end of 2007, which is an absolute decrease of 1.2 million persons, i.e. 3% in relative terms. In exchange, the number of refugees, which are a very high weight category, has increased during 2007 by 1.5 million persons, reaching an unprecedented level at the end of that year, i.e. 11.4 million persons. Besides refugees, among the UNHCR-assisted persons also count other categories, such as asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, repatriated refugees, repatriated displaced persons, stateless persons, etc. The structure according to categories, at the end of 2007, is shown in Table 1 and Figure 1. 1 This article is based on a part of the authors’ contribution to the study entitled “European Perspectives on Asylum and Migration”, SPOS Project 2008 of the European Institute of Romania. The ideas expressed in this article do not represent an official position, but only the authors’ own view. 5
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & REGIONAL STUDIES 2nd Year, No. 1 – 2009 Galati University Press, ISSN 2065 -1759 Table 1. Structure of the UNHCR-assisted population at the end of 200 - percentages – Category Share Refugees 35.9 Asylum-seekers 2.4 Repatriated refugees 2.3 Internally displaced 43.3 persons Repatriated displaced 6.5 persons Stateless persons 9.4 Other categories 0.2 Total 100.0 Source: 2007 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons, UNHCR, 2008, p.5 6
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