The Romanian Legislative Reform in the Field of Integration for Beneficiaries of International Protection
The Romanian Legislative Reform in the Field of Integration for Beneficiaries of International Protection

Summary/Abstract: Migration, as a social-economic phenomenon, has existed from the dawn of humanity, indifferent forms and in different contexts. Although studied from different perspectives, in the modernand contemporary period, this branch of international law is rather new in comparison to other fields ofthe same category. Indisputably, war, social unrest and natural catastrophes of the XIXth and XXthCentury has determined mostly Western countries to establish new policies and international law, likethe 1951 Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees and the creation of the United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). As part of new relations with UNHCR, and later themembership to the European Union and NATO, post-communist Romania has developed asylumprocedures and assumed responsibility to integrate refugees in our society. Although the developmentof standardized integration law, policy and practice has been a result of a 20 years struggle, today wesee that there is an increased interest from the competent authorities to adapt the services provided tothe needs of refugees. Such is the modification of the integration legislation that occurred in the lasttwo years, which can be considered a “Reform in the field of integration for refugees”.

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