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The deepening of the economic crisis, the alarming increase in unemployment and the continuous degradation of the living standard have affected the Romanian society in general, but especially the vulnerable categories of population, among which the Roma ethnic group. In spite of the restrictions regarding the access on the labour market in the E.U., the Roma families have initiated real survival strategies, and the emigration to the developed countries of the European Union represented, in the majority of the case...

In the Romanian society, which is continually getting older, the social services for the elderly are in deficit. The social issues related to retirement and social isolation, as well as the economic ones, are amplified by the moral problems connected to the failure as far as their lawful rights are concerned. Despite its status of member of the E.U., Romania cannot be compared to the developed countries that possess a proper system of social protection. The explanation resides in the huge difference of development...