Romanian communities abroad

Abstract

The number of Romanians living abroad, in Europe, North and South Ame­rica, Australia and Asia does not exceed 11 million. The biggest Romanian communities are in the United States, Canada, Germany, Aus­tralia, France, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Irelan­d, Venezuela and New Zealand. If in case of Romanian ethnics living in the United States, Canada, France, Vene­zu­ela, etc., we can mainly talk about either pre-war migration or anticommunist political exile, in other states such as Italy, Ger­ma­ny, Spain, Ireland or New Zea­­land, most of the Romanian communities have been generated by the economic exile, especially after December 1989.