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Romanians disappear slowly and surely! Alexandru Rafila: ‘We have a city of 50,000 people missing every year’ – News by sources

MP PSD Alexandru Rafila, vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies, drew attention to the fact that the downward trend of the Romanian population must be changed, risking that by 2050 it will be 16-16.5 million people, shows Agerpres.

Rafila claims that, according to statistics, a city with 50,000 inhabitants disappears every year.

“Fertility rate in EU is 1.56 and this means that we are witnessing a downward trend. (…) We now have somewhere between 1.6 and 1.7 and this will lead us in the next period to a constant decrease of the population, with a projection for the year 2050 of about 16 – 16.5 million inhabitants, and by the end of this century just over 12 million inhabitants. There are states, right next to us, that have had an even more serious problem than Romania – I mean Hungary – and that have implemented a package of policies that will increase this fertility rate and have achieved remarkable results. (…) We must change this decreasing trend of the Romanian population. The difference between the number of people who die every year in Romania and the number of children born every year is at least 50,000 people. So a city of 50,000 people who disappear every year from Romania due to a low birth rate “, Rafila declared, at a debate at the Palace of the Parliament, on the topic of a legislative initiative of parliamentsocial democratic countries on the support of young families with children. He pointed out that there is a need not only for quality health services, but also for access to these services, “access that especially in rural areas does not exist”.

Present at the debate, Eduard Petrescu, representative of UNICEF Romania, stated that our country is in 2019 among those with high incomes, but “this prosperity unfortunately did not translate into a significant change in the level of well-being of a significant part of children in Romania “.

“We still have almost 40% of children at risk of poverty and social exclusion, we still have a lot of deficiencies in the quality of education, medical services and so on, I would say we are in a direction of development in which, in (…) After we currently have a declining number of children, the results that these children reach after completing an educational cycle are getting weaker, as not to say disastrous. And this is an issue that needs to be resolved “, said Petrescu, who pleaded for a complete set of legislative measures.

Roxana Paraschiv, the representative of the “Save the Children” Organization, considers two major categories of services to be important – those that ensure the survival of the child and access to education services for early childhood.

“In terms of infant mortality, Romania has long been the champion of the European Union. In 2019 it surpassed Malta. (…) In Romania over 1,100 children die every year before reaching the age of one year, and the last national public maternity equipment program dates back to 2007. (…) There are counties in Romania where the infant mortality rate is almost 5 times higher than in Bucharest. (…) We need to help children survive at least the first year of life “, said Roxana Paraschiv.

Nicoleta Cristea – Brunel, president of the SOS Infertility Association, argued that in a law on childbirth support in Romania, the aspect of “infertility” must be introduced, because it represents “an exceptionally high percentage”, namely 20% of couples fertile age. “We need legislation for these couples,” she said.

Among those who participated in the debate were Andreea Cassandra Butu – WHO representative, Ion Cristian Roman – “Candy Taxi” Association, Eugen Ilea – National Federation of Parents’ Associations, Gigel Lazăr – CIADO, Mihai Vasile – Politeia Association , the deputy Diana Tuşa. The discussions were moderated by PSD Senator Gabriela Firea.

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