COUNTRY INFORMATION PACK
LAST REVIEWED: 1 July 2015
MAPS
• US Central Intelligence Agency 1996 , Romania (Political) , University of Texas, Perry Castaneda Library
Map Collection
• UN Cartographic Section, September 2008, Romania ,
GENERAL INFORMATION
• Lansford, Tom (ed.) 2013, Political Handbook of the World 2013 , CQ Press, Los Angeles
Hard copy only – INZ staff please contact CRB to request the entry for this country, all others please access through your library .
BBC News, Timeline: Romania , http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1058027.stm
• BBC News, Romania country profile , http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1057466.stm
• US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Factbook: Romania , https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ro.html
• Minority Rights Group International, World Directory of Minorities:
Romania , http://www.minorityrights.org/3521/romania/romania-overview.html
• War Resisters' International, 23 October 2008, Country report and updates: Romania
• Child Soldiers International, 2012, Louder than words: An agenda for action to end state use of child soldiers http://www.child-soldiers.org/user_uploads/pdf/louderthanwordsseptember20124903558.pdf
Search pdf for references to Romania.
• UK Government
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Foreign travel advice: Romania

NEWS
• Romanian Times Online, http://www.romaniantimes.com/index.php/english.html
This is a general news site.
HUMAN RIGHTS
• US Department of State, 25 June 2015, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2014:
Romania, http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2014&dlid=236568
• Freedom House, 2015, Freedom in the World 2015: Romania , https://freedomhouse.org/regions/europe
Select Romania from the drop down menu in the Europe section.
• Amnesty International, 25 February 2015, Amnesty International Annual Report 2014/15:: Romania, https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/romania/report-romania/
• Amnesty International, Country Information Page: Romania
A list of press releases, reports and other documents, with the most recent first.
• US Department of State, 27 February 2014, International Religious Freedom Report 2013: Romania , http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2013&dlid=222259
Covers 1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2013.
• Committee to Protect Journalists, Documents by Country: Romania
Includes documents by year from 1999 onwards.
• Human Rights Watch, 2015, World Report 2015: European Union, http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2015/country-chapters/european-union
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) RefWorld Database, Documents on Romania
Country and legal information, policy and reference documents, starting with the most recent.
IMMIGRATION RISK
• UK Treasury Financial Sanctions: consolidated list of targets https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-consolidated-list-of-targets
Scroll down to PDF or Excel version and Ctrl+F surname
• US Department of State, US Visa Reciprocity by Country http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country.html

• Global Security, World Military Guide http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/index.html
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• International Organization for Migration (IOM), Romania http://www.iom.int/countries/romania/general-information
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