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Migration Trends 2006-2008
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Illegal Border Crossing

Number of persons apprehended at the Border of Romania per year by country of origin

Country

2006

2007

I-VI 2008

Total

Total

1283

1436

1191

3910

Moldova

954

673

548

2175

Turkey

44

242

122

408

Serbia

7

185

48

240

India

5

2

155

162

Iraq

7

74

20

101

Somalia

42

57

1

100

Ukraine

22

41

36

99

Georgia

33

6

46

85

Pakistan

6

1

77

84

Bulgaria

12

26

25

63

Other

151

132

113

393

All countries of origin

Number of foreign citizens apprehended at the Romanian border per year by country of origin

No.

Citizenship

Number of entries (2006)

Number of exits (2006)

Total

number of irregular migrants

(2006)

Number of entries (2007)

Number of exits (2007)

Total

number of irregu

lar migrants

(2007)

Number of entries (2008)

Number of exits (2008)

Total

number of irregular migrants

(2008)

TOTAL 2006, 2007, 2008*

1

Afghanistan

12

12

2

1

3

5

2

7

22

2

Africa

1

1

1

3

South of Africa

2

2

2

4

Albania

1

3

4

3

5

8

3

2

5

17

5

Algeria

1

1

3

3

6

7

6

Angola

1

1

1

7

Stateless person

1

1

2

4

4

4

4

10

8

Armenia

1

1

2

2

9

Austria

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

10

Azerbaijan

1

1

1

11

Bangladesh

13

13

13

12

Belarus

2

3

5

5

13

Belgium

1

1

1

14

Bosnia

1

1

1

15

Bulgaria

7

5

12

20

6

26

19

6

25

63

16

Cameroon

1

1

1

17

Czech Republic

1

1

2

2

18

China

33

33

1

1

3

3

37

19

Chad

1

1

1

20

Ivory Coast

1

1

3

1

4

5

21

Colombia

3

2

5

1

1

2

7

22

Congo

3

3

3

23

Croatia

1

1

1

1

2

24

Cuba

2

2

1

1

3

25

Denmark

2

2

2

26

Ecuador

4

4

4

4

1

1

9

27

Egypt

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

2

5

28

Ethiopia

2

2

1

1

3

29

Philippines

1

1

1

30

France

1

1

2

1

1

3

31

Germany

1

1

1

2

3

1

1

5

32

Ghana

1

1

1

33

Georgia

13

20

33

4

2

6

23

23

46

85

34

Guinea

2

2

2

35

Guinea Bissau

1

1

1

36

Guinea Equatorial

1

1

1

37

India

5

5

1

1

2

121

34

155

162

38

Iraq

7

7

9

65

74

1

19

20

101

39

Iran

3

1

4

3

3

7

40

Israel

1

1

8

8

9

41

Italy

2

1

3

2

3

5

7

7

15

42

Serbia

3

4

7

12

173

185

19

29

48

240

43

Kazakhstan

2

2

1

1

1

1

4

44

Lebanon

1

1

1

45

Liberia

11

11

8

8

19

46

Lithuania

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

47

Macedonia

2

2

1

2

3

5

48

Malaysia

4

4

4

4

8

49

Morocco

1

1

2

2

50

Nepal

1

1

1

51

Nigeria

2

10

12

1

1

1

1

2

15

52

Pakistan

1

5

6

1

1

70

7

77

84

53

Palestinian

1

1

2

3

9

12

14

54

Poland

1

1

2

2

3

55

Moldova

328

626

954

333

340

673

180

368

548

2175

56

Russia

7

8

15

13

9

22

6

7

13

50

57

Sierra Leone

1

1

1

58

Syria

2

2

4

1

1

5

69

Somalia

12

30

42

17

40

57

1

1

100

60

Sri Lanka

1

3

4

5

5

9

61

Sudan

1

1

2

1

3

4

2

2

8

62

Sweden

1

1

1

63

Tunisia

1

1

3

3

4

64

Turkey

7

37

44

24

218

242

8

114

122

408

65

Ukraine

16

6

22

27

14

41

18

18

36

99

66

Hungary

2

3

5

3

3

2

2

10

67

Uzbekistan

3

3

3

68

Zimbabwe

4

4

2

2

2

2

8

69

Other

1

1

3

3

4

4

8

TOTAL

425

858

1283

498

938

1436

495

696

1191

3910