Legal and illegal circulatory migration from Romania reached huge proportions after 2000, the impact being so far less investigated by the authorities from both the emigration and immigration countries.

All migrating women admitted during 2005-2006 were evaluated and recorded.

Most Romanian female migrants were young, married, with high school, working on legal or illegal basis; they were hired in less qualified jobs as housekeepers or babysitters, below the qualification level previously held in Romania, being less paid as native workers (average income=760 Euros/month).

Due to the fact that these women lived alone abroad, leaving part of their close relatives at home, worked hard (9.5 hours/day), were uninsured, not relying on any social network, many of them accused mental health problems and somatic complaints, applying for medical services more often in the native country.

The most frequently discussed issues related to the economic and social consequences of migration are: the increasing living standards, the lowering of unemployment rate, the development of investment opportunities. More profound social and medical problems have risen recently: mental health problems of migrants (among these we could name acute psychotic disorders, somatization disorders, depressive disorders), the difficult acculturation process, the maladaptation of the children.

More accurate screening for mental illness and cultural adjustment programs should be applied at least for legal sojourners prior to departure. Programs aimed at the psychological assistance of children in the native country or those facilitating the adjustment in the host country should be also developed.