Italy €“ The Country With The Largest Number Of Romanian Emigrants

This paper aims to highlight aspects that led to the migration of Romanians to Italy, their number in the peninsula, and their distribution by geographical areas. Italy needs workers in almost all sectors of activity. Thus we find Romanians working in agriculture, construction, tourism, but also in the health system. From the statistical data published for the last 3 years, we notice that the number of Romanian residents is constantly growing, which shows us that Romanians are satisfied with the conditions they find in this destination country. We will highlight here that at this moment, in Italy we are talking about migration for the whole family. In this sense, we find families who have reorganized their lifestyles, adapting to everything that the host country has to offer. For most of them, these were very important and played a decisive role in the choice made. Thus, the health system, the education system, the social system, and not only are considered to be much better than those in Romania. Romania being part of the EU offers Romanian workers from other member countries and not only, the opportunity to benefit from capitalizing on the years they worked in another country, contributing to the public pension system. Thus, using the pro-rata principle, the years in which the taxpayer has completed a contribution period, regardless of the country, for the opening of pension rights are totaled, following that each country will grant a pension for the actual contributions to its budget. The Italian authorities have a social system ready to provide benefits to all residents so that they can continue their lifestyle acquired during work and retirement. We will make a short presentation of a program launched by the Italian state for its citizens and residents, which can be accessed from 01.02.2019 to 31.12.2020, Quota 100.