Noi culturi, noi antropologii - Humanitas

enefits, and the right to measures regarding the stimulation
of the workforce – the same rights as any other Romanian
citizen. Moreover, for the persons who received a form
of protection in Romania and who are participating in the
integration program, the new law for refugees grants assistance
for finding a job through the National Employment
Agency.
RIO (2009) notes that regardless of the fact that the work
permit requirement was abolished in 1997, many years after
this law and even today, the employers are not educated
and informed regarding the rights of the refugees in Romania
and they request a work authorization for their employment.
The same treatment is mentioned by the refugees
themselves: „Many years after this law, we walked around
with the law in our pockets because all the employers knew
that we need a working permit. But with this new law, we
did not need one“ 171 ; „The people in human resources didn’t
know that refugees have the right to work. ARCA has sent
me the law and only after they saw the law they said it’s ok
to work and that I don’t need a working permit.“ 172
Regarding the vocational courses in the second wave, the
current legislation mentions an assistance system for the
persons who received a form of protection in Romania, system
which takes into consideration adapting the services offered
by the employment agencies to the refugees’ specific
needs. No explicit measure is described in the legislation.
Another problem is the recognition of refugees’ studies,
an issue which has been presented in the Parliament by the
Romanian Immigration Office, but it hasn’t been taken into
consideration yet.
Housing
The same as the lack of employment facilities, before 2001
the Romanian government provided no specific provisions for
the recognized refugees for their temporary or permanent
171. D, refugee from Cameroon, 43 years old.
172. J., Refugee from Cameroon, 32 years old.
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