Background information

Emergency Ordinance Nr. 20 from 7 March 2022 amended and supplemented certain legislative acts and establishing certain support measures and humanitarian assistance for Ukrainian citizens and war-affected stateless persons. Persons with disabilities, accompanied or unaccompanied, coming from the area of armed conflict in Ukraine and entering Romania, can benefit, upon request, from social services provided in all types of residential centres for adults with disabilities, i.e. sheltered housing, centres for independent living, habitation and rehabilitation centres, care and assistance centres or in respite centres/crisis centres.

If, on entering Romania, persons with disabilities declare, individually or through an accompanying person, that they will remain in Romania, they may be taken, on request, into the records of the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection in order to benefit from the services provided in the centres for adults with disabilities. Adults with disabilities who do not have valid identity documents will be communicated to the General Inspectorate for Immigration in order to establish their legal status, while they will be taken over, upon request, by the General Directorate for Social Assistance and Child Protection in order to provide the services mentioned above.

Content of measure

Minors unaccompanied by their parents or another legal representative, who come from the area of armed conflict in Ukraine and enter Romania, benefit from the special protection provided for in Law no. 272/2004 on the protection and promotion of the rights of the child, republished, with subsequent amendments and additions. By way of derogation from the provisions of other laws and legal regulations, in order to ensure protection, the general directorates for social assistance and child protection may hire contractual staff without competition on social services for unaccompanied minors, depending on their needs, for a fixed period, which may not exceed three years.

Persons with disabilities, accompanied or unaccompanied, who come from the area of armed conflict in Ukraine and enter Romania, shall benefit, upon request, free of charge, from the social services in the centres, being taken over in the records of the general directorates of social assistance and child protection of the counties, respectively of the sectors of Bucharest. The companions of persons with disabilities benefit, under the same conditions, from social services together with them.

Elderly persons with reduced mobility or in a situation of dependency, who come from the area of armed conflict in Ukraine and enter Romania, benefit, on request, free of charge, from social services in accordance with the provisions of Law No 17/2000 on social assistance for the elderly.

Use of measure

According to the data provided by the Romanian government on 13 January 2023: • 1,038 elderly Ukrainian refugees have requested social services since the beginning of the crisis; • 13,782 Ukrainian children identified and referred to specialized services, including health and social welfare; • 4,993 children registered with the General Directorates of Social Assistance and Child Protection (DGASPC); • 287 individuals with specific needs were provided with protection assistance; • 199 children are currently in the special protection system.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Does not apply to businesses	Older citizens Children (minors) Disabled Migrants or refugees

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government Other social actors (e.g. NGOs)	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement as case not in social partner domain	No involvement as case not in social partner domain
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

There is no publicly available information about the social partners' involvement in designing, implementing and monitoring the measure.

Views and reactions

There is no publicly available information about the social partners' views or reaction on the measure.

Sources

• 08 March 2022: Ordonanţă de urgenţă nr. 20 din 7 martie 2022 (legislatie.just.ro)
• 13 January 2023: Romania's Response to the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis (Răspunsul României la criza umanitară a refugiaților ucraineni) (www.gov.ro)