International Workshop on Methodological

Challenges for the Study of Return and Circular

Migration Madrid, 22-23 January 2015

TEMPER Project RETURN MIGRATION

Romanian case

Nicoleta CarageaINS, Romania

General Department of Demography and Social Statistics

Data sources on international immigration Administrative data sources

General Inspectorate for Immigration Data on Definitive International Immigration - when

the person settles the permanent residence on the territory of Romania, he(she) having previously the usual residence in another country

Statistical data sources LFS (estimates for international migration stocks) Mirror statistics

PADRON – INE Spain ISTAT – Italy Eurostat and other official statistical institutes (for the

international migration structure benchmark, by country of previous residence)

Data on immigration and returns, by citizenship, country of previous residence and country of birthRomania (annual flows during 2008-2013)

Immigrants = citizens from all countries (foreigners and Romanians) who establish the usual residence on Romania’s territory for a period of at least 12 months (acording to Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 Of The European Parliament and Of The Council on Community statistics on migration and international protection)

Returns = Romanian citizens who return to Romania after a period of absence of at least 12 months

persons/years Immigrants

Returns Potential returns

CTZ=Ro PRV=Sp (all CTZ) CoB=Ro (all CTZ) CoB=Sp (all CTZ)

2008 138929 126757 33757 127119 1043

2009 135844 124936 51549 123846 1542

2010 149885 136799 49426 114174 1945

2011 147685 138397 42505 110198 2247

2012 167266 155613 63879 132312 3286

2013 153646  138923  67164  120149  4226

Potential returns

CoB=Sp (all CTZ)

< 15 years old(%)

2008 1043 85.1

2009 1542 88.9

2010 1945 92.9

2011 2247 88.8

2012 3286 97.5

2013  4226 98.0

children born in Spain from Romanian parents

Difficulties in assessing return migration:

there is not a special sample survey on international migration in Romania

data are estimates at macro level other level of disaggregation: age and

sex no possibility to analyze the impact of the returns by returned people’s profile (especially labor impacts)

no data available by crossing PRV with CTZ and CoB

no data on circular migration

Thank you!