Migraţia românească postdecembristă: focus grup cu specialişti
Romanian International Migration after December 1989: Focus Group with Experts

Summary/Abstract: The complex exhaustive analysis of the Romanian emigrational phenomenon from the last years has been approached through a focus group conducted with experts of the migration phenomenon. By using the theories of migration, some of which are shortly described (new theory of migration, social capital), and by synthesizing the results of the empirical studies conducted in Romania, I extract some specific conclusions based on which I constructed several interpretation on the emigrational phenomenon from our country. It was also signalled the ambivalent situation linked to the balance of positive and negative effects of migration on the level of development (see Portes, 2009). The possible solutions (macro-, mezo-, micro-level) in order to diminish the negative effects of the migration were outlined. Based on the results of the focus group we conclude that: the long term negative consequences should be dealt with sustained policies with an accent on the mezo-social (i.e. communitarian) level where populations can have specific needs as a function of the contexts in which they live; the adaptation of several good practices existing in other states with similar socio-economic characteristic and emigrational evolution could serve also as a starting point for more efficient policies of migration.

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