THE IMPACT OF GROWING IMMIGRATION FLOWS ON THE ROMANIA`S SOCIETAL SECURITY ISSUES
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27 March 2026
Available Online
15 August 2014
Abstract
Societal security focuses more on individuals as human beings rather than on state sovereignty. It is seen as a reaction for the recent global developments suggest the need for another definition of national security that includes resources, environmental and demographic issues. According to this paradigm, states can be made insecure by virtue of threats to their societies. One of the new threats refers to growing immigration flows. In the last years, in Romania, there has been a rising in irregular migration flows and this aspect cannot be ignored neither by society or the Romanian authorities. A question that will remain unanswered is the future Romanian State capacity to offer a certain minimum level of income or subsistence independently if the social actor works or not (immigrants included). Another important aspect is the State’s capability to deal with the “foggy immigrants” looking for welf are in Romania or elsewhere. The article will present the latest dynamics in the immigration flows in Romania affecting some of the most important societal security issues.
Keywords
societal security
immigration flows
Romanian society
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