Romanian Businesses Warn Against Growing Anti-Immigrant Hostility
(MENAFN) Romania’s Labor Importers Employers' Association (PIFM) issued a sharp warning Wednesday about growing anti-immigrant rhetoric, urging officials to safeguard the rights and dignity of foreign workers amid escalating tensions.
In a Facebook statement, PIFM condemned the surge of hostile comments targeting Asian laborers on social media. The association emphasized that recruiting non-EU workers remains a “last resort” measure to alleviate critical labor shortages crippling the nation’s economy.
Romanian businesses are required to first report job openings to the National Employment Agency (ANOFM). Only after exhausting local options can they pursue foreign hires through a rigorous, costly process that can take up to a year, PIFM detailed.
“These non-EU employees work honestly, pay taxes, and earn their living with dignity. Stigmatizing them based on ethnicity or nationality origin is not only immoral, but also contrary to the European and international values Romania has committed to,” the group asserted.
Data from the General Inspectorate for Immigration shows that over 140,000 non-EU nationals held legal employment in Romania by the end of 2024. The majority come from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and India, with more than 60 percent employed in sectors like construction, hospitality, and transport—areas severely affected by labor shortages.
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