Migrants’ Access to Social Protection in Romania

This chapter aims to provide a general overview of the main features of the social security system in Romania and the nexus with the main migration patterns. It illustrates how social benefits have been transposed in the national legislation to cover different groups of individuals living in, moving to or moving out of Romania. In doing so, the chapter pays particular attention to the eligibility conditions for these different groups in order to identify potential differences in terms of access to social benefits between resident nationals, non-resident nationals, and non-national residents.