New law: Foreigners who present a threat to public order can be prevented from entering Romania

Foreigners who present a threat to public order in Romania can be stopped by the border authorities from entering the country, according to an emergency ordinance that regulates the foreigners’ status in Romania, quoted by local Mediafax. The Article 6 of the emergency ordinance includes the conditions concerning foreigners' entry in Romania. Foreign citizens are required by law to have, among other things, a valid document for crossing the border, accepted by the Romanian state, to not be among foreigners who have been declared 'undesirable', and to not pose “any threats to the national defense and security, order, health or public morals”. The Article 4 of the same document, concerning foreigners’ obligations in Romania, states that they “can’t organize political parties or other similar organizations or groups and can’t be a part of them, they can’t occupy public positions and can’t initiate, organize or participate in demonstrations or meetings that affect the public order or national security,” reports Mediafax. In a recent statement, the Romanian President Traian Basescu has asked the Romanian Government and Parliament to ban Hungarian “extremist” party Jobbik and its members from the country. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com