Romania’s hot economy is attracting foreign workers
Changing from a country of emigrants to one of immigrants
A generation ago Romanians queued for food. Today in Bucharest the queues are back, but those standing in them are not Romanian. In one street Ukrainian refugees line up in front of an aid-distribution centre. In another Nepalis, Bangladeshis and others wait outside an immigration office to renew work and residence permits. Like Italy in the 1970s, Romania is on the cusp of switching from a country of emigrants to one of immigrants.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Pulling them in”
Europe April 29th 2023
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- Spanish renewable-energy development is waking from its siesta
- A post-Erdogan Turkey would only partly change its foreign policy
- Romania’s hot economy is attracting foreign workers
- A spat over farming bodes ill for Ukraine’s future European prospects
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