Immigration to Romania

Many immigrants from the Republic of Moldova prefer to settle in the Romanian counties from the region of Moldavia, because there the culture is more similar to their home country.

In recent years, considerable numbers of Chinese and Vietnamese citizens work in Romania, due to the emigration of a large part of the Romanian workforce.

[2] There are also workers from Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia,[10] India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Serbia, Lebanon, Turkey.

[17] Arabs in Romania come primarily from Syria (including refugees of the Syrian Civil War), Lebanon, Iraq and Tunisia.

[30][31] Common countries of origin are Turkey, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Republic of Moldova, Pakistan, Ukraine, Egypt, Tajikistan, China, Serbia, Sudan, Israel, Philippines, Thailand, Ghana, Indonesia, Somalia, Iraq.

A 2022 study on Asian guest workers in Romania conducted in Bucharest, Craiova and Cluj-Napoca, among 400 such workers from Asia (which were from the countries of origin of India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia and Laos) found that almost 40% of them worked in constructions, followed by services and logistics & transportation (including warehouse management).

Overall, in 2021, the top countries for sending guest workers were Nepal, Turkey, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Morocco, Republic of Moldova.

[46] In 2022, the top countries were Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco and Vietnam.

The top 20 countries for such workers were: Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Stateless Persons, Ukraine, Republic of Moldova, India, Bangladesh, Italy, China, Vietnam, Pakistan, Philippines, Serbia, Hungary, Greece, Germany, Egypt, Syria, France.

Over a third of these workers were based in Bucharest, followed by the counties of Ilfov, Timiș, Constanța, Cluj, Brașov, Iași, Arad, Argeș, Bihor.

[29] Estimate immigrants to Romania (as of mid 2020, including refugees):[54] Moldova - 285,000; Italy - 80,000; Spain - 62,000; Ukraine - 43,000; United Kingdom - 32,000; Germany - 30,000; France - 22,000; Bulgaria - 12,000; Hungary - 10,000; Russia - 10,000; Turkey - 9,000; Greece - 8,000; China - 7,000; United States - 6,000; Israel - 5,000; Belgium - 5,000; Ireland - 4,000 Serbia - 3,000; Syria - 3,000 Austria - 3,000; Iran - 2,000; Iraq - 2,000; Vietnam - 2,000; Portugal - 2,000; Tunisia - 2,000; Netherlands - 2,000; Denmark - 2,000; Poland - 1,000; Sweden - 1,000; Norway - 1,000; Albania - 1,000; Slovakia - 1,000; Czech Republic - 1,000; Switzerland - 1,000; Brazil - 1,000; Canada - 1,000; Egypt - 1,000; Lebanon - 1,000; Morocco - 1,000; Nepal - 1,000; United Arab Emirates - 1,000; Philippines - 1,000; Sri Lanka - 1,000; India - 1,000; Algeria - 1,000; Pakistan - 1,000; Jordan - 600; (2017) Nigeria - 500; (2017) South Korea - 500.