The post-Millennial period has seen significant emigration from Romania into Southern Europe. Although meeting labor market gaps in receiving countries (Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal) and the demands of Romanians for greater economic opportunities and facilitated by linguistic and cultural ties, the momentum of this East-South migration system, a product of trade and investment, formal labor agreements, private contracting, trafficking, and considerable unauthorized movement has left Romania in a precarious position both economically and demographically. This project analyzes the historical and contemporary conditions driving Romanian emigration in the context of the contemporary Southeast European migration system.
Project PIs:
Jennifer Blakeslee, UC San Diego (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies)
Cristina Bradatan, Texas Tech University (Population Data Center)
Laszlo J. Kulcsar, Kansas State University (Kansas Population Center)
Project resources:
Collection of related studies and popular media articles:
By Enticing Foreigners, Villages Grow Young Again - Aguaviva Journal
Growing concern over labour shortage due to migration - Eironline
Migrating or Commuting? The Case of Romanian Workers in Italy: Niches for Labour Commuting to the EU - eumap.org
Comunitati romanesti în Spania [In Romanian] - Soros Foundation Romania