The number of Romanians abroad stand at approximately 3.5 million, and the main destinations are Italy, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom, Cristina Dobre, Chair of the Lufkin Foundation for Entrepreneurship and Migration (FLAME) told the conference titled "Migration and Entrepreneurship - a significant value".
She said that three years ago she presented a hypothesis that was later on confirmed, namely that a high percentage of Romanians that left for Spain and Italy made their way towards the Nordic countries. Sociological research carried out in 2017 by the Foundation within the Romanian community in Spain shows that 21.8 percent of them declared that they wish to immigrate, in the future, towards the United Kingdom.