Reception Conditions

Author

JRS Romania

The Chapter: Reception Conditions in Romania contains sections on:

A. Access and forms of reception conditions

1. Criteria and restrictions to access reception conditions
2. Forms and levels of material reception conditions
3. Reduction or withdrawal of reception conditions
4. Freedom of movement

B. Housing

1. Types of accommodation
2. Conditions in reception facilities

C. Employment and education

1. Access to the labour market
2. Access to education

D. Health care

E. Special reception needs of vulnerable groups

F. Information for asylum seekers and access to reception centres

1. Provision of information on reception
2. Access to reception centres by third parties

G. Differential treatment of specific nationalities in reception

Short overview of the reception system

Asylum seekers who do not have means of subsistence are entitled to reception conditions from the moment they have expressed their intention to apply for asylum until the completion of the asylum procedure and the expiry of their right to stay in Romania. Most asylum seekers are accommodated in Regional Centres for Accommodation and Procedures for Asylum Seekers, managed by IGI-DAI. The management of reception is decentralised to the level of counties. Asylum seekers may also request to stay in private accommodation, but at their own expenses.

In 2023, the EUAA initiated the deployment to the Romanian national reception authorities of 52 containers for asylum and reception use, other than accommodation.[1]

[1] Information provided by the EUAA, 26 February 2024.