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legislation of acquiring citizenship, discrimination, impossibility
to find work especially for women are only some problems
that the second wave of refugees is facing.
In 2004, the refugee legislation suffered the most important
changes regarding immigration to Romania. One of the
most important changes was the application of the first integration
program for refugees in Romania. But despite the
existence of the integration program, there are still many
visible inconsistencies between the integration program itself
and its actual implementation. This is also recognized by
the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
(2006:24) which argues that in Romania“ problems nevertheless
remain in terms of the legislation on asylum seekers
and refugees and its application (…) much remaining to be
done to ensure that the legislation concerning refugees and
asylum seekers is applied 181 “ (2006:24).
The Commission mentions that only 4% of asylum seekers
obtain refugee status and that 60% of them leave Romania
„because they are unable to integrate“. The main
obstacles to the integration mentioned by the Commission
are: unattainable process of their diploma recognition, hardship
in finding work and integrate in the labor market. Regarding
their economic integration, it must be noted that
besides the impossibility of their diploma recognition which
automatically leads to impossibility to find work, the responsible
authorities are not aware of the present legislation
which applies to refugees: „National Employment Agency
does not cater to refugees because it is not aware of the
relevant law or of refugees’ needs and lacks the resources
to remedy these deficiencies“ (ECRI, 2006:24, in Refugee
Documentation Centre of Ireland, 2010:3) 182 .
Still, the integration of the refugees in Romania registered
many positive changes together with the legislation
regarding the residence of the foreigners in Romania. According
to the MIPEX study (2011) even if the immigrants
181. European Commission against Racism and Intolerance. (2006)
Third report on Romania, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, p.24.
182. Ibidem.
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