MOLDOVA

MOLDOVA is a small country found between Romania and the Ukraine. It had a population of some 4.4 million people. Now almost 25% of the population have become economic migrants. On May 2nd 1992 Moldova joined the UN. The capital is Chisinau and languages spoken are Romainian (Moldovan dialect), and Russian. Outside the main cities the villages are largely without sanitation and running water. The countryside is a rolling Steppe type.

THE PEOPLE

The poverty of Moldova is through no fault of the people. They are always hard working as a study into migrant workers discovered.

THE LINKS BETWEEN MOLDOVAN COMMUNITIES ABROAD AND THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

The research analyzed the strengths and the weaknesses of Moldovan Communities Abroad (MCAs). The main strengths of MCAs pointed out were the image of Moldovans as adaptive, reliable and motivated workers, the organic nature of their link with the homeland, and the active role of the church.

(International Organisation for Migration)