Afro-Romanians
Afro-Romanians are Romanians who are of African descent. Afro-Romanian populations are mostly concentrated in major cities of Romania.[1] Africans have been immigrating to Romania since the Communist Era.[2]
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The majority of African-Romanians are of mixed ancestry, usually being the children of a Romanian parent and an African student who came to Romania. Nicolae Ceaușescu had a plan to educate the African elites.[3] Most Africans who studied in Romania during the Ceaușescu era came from Sub-Saharan African countries such as Central African Republic, Sudan, DRC, Republic of the Congo,[4][5][6][7] and other states, primarily from West Africa and Equatorial Africa, with which Ceaușescu developed close relations,[8] as well as from Maghreb (see Arabs in Romania).
Since the early 60s, young people from around the world came to study in the Socialist Republic of Romania. The communist state leadership wanted to link mutual friendship with different countries.[9] It is estimated that during the communist era, about 10,000 Sudanese young people studied in Romania.[10]
After the fall of the communism, the numbers of Afro-Romanians increased.[11][12] Currently, in Romania, most Africans are students, refugees, guest workers [13] or children from mixed-families of a Romanian parent and an African student or worker who came to Romania.[14] In 2020, asylum applicants from Somalia and Eritrea represented the 6th and 9th highest numbers among asylum applicants in Romania.[15]
