Indicator history

According to a report of the Romanian Office for Immigration, in 2009, almost three quarters of the foreigners with a form of protection lived in Bucharest, the capital city.

Accoding to Address No. 2474295/21.03.2012 of the Romanian Office for Immigration to the Centre for Legal Resources the total number of benneficiaries with declared residence in Bucharest is of 559 and the total number of foreigners with a legal stay in Bucharest at the end of 2011 was 20649 (35 per cent of the total of foreigners with a legal stay in Romania)

Source:

Romanian Office for Immigration, Report on the situation of foreigners with a form of protection in Romania, 2009, p.4, available at: http://ori.mai.gov.ro/detalii/pagina/ro/Asistenta-si-integrare/111 (Accessed on 13.03.2012)

Address No. 2474295/21.03.2012 of the Romanian Office for Immigration to the Centre for Legal Resources

Accoding to  the General Inspectorate for Immigation (Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări) statistics,  at the end of 2012 in Bucharest a number of 19859 aliens were registered as holders of an identity document (short term permit, resident card) issued in accordance with the Emergency Ordinance of the Romanian Government No. 194/2000 on the status of aliens in Romania (republished, with subsequent amendments and updates) as well as with the Law No. 122/2006 on asylum in Romania (with subsequent amendments and updates).

Out of 19859 persons, the number of refugees and aliens with subsidiary protection represented 3%.

The term of alien is defined by art. 2 (a) of the Emergency Ordinance No. 194/2000 on the status of aliens in Romania (republished, with subsequent amendments and updates) as follows: "alien – a person who does not possess the Romanian citizenship or that of an EU or EEA member state or of rhe Swiss Confederation".

Statistical indicators for 2012 for Bucharest show an increase in number of the registered EU / EEA / Swiss Confederation citizens and a decrease of the foreigners from third countries.

The foreigners coming from third countries are mainly Chinese citizens - 4121, followed by Turkish citizens - 3425, Moldavians - 2098, Syrians - 1248 and Iraqi citizens - 923.

Source:

• General Inspectorate for Immigration,Address No. 2594514/31.01.2013 to the Centre for Legal Resources (on file with the expert).
• Mediafax, Locuitorii străini ai Capitalei: peste 30.000 de migranţi, înregistraţi în Bucureşti (Foreign Residents of the capital city: over 30,000 migrants registered in Bucharest), 24.01.2012, available at http://www.mediafax.ro/social/locuitorii-straini-ai-capitalei-peste-30-000-de-migranti-inregistrati-in-bucuresti-10519706 (Accesed at: 05.02.2013.)