A/HRC/14/30/Add.2 whom reside in Rome. By the end of 2006, 6,551 unaccompanied migrant children were recorded, with 36 per cent of them coming from Romania. Many of these children were reportedly involved in irregular employment and begging, theft and sexual exploitation.10 19. Information provided by the Romanian authorities indicates that human trafficking networks operate in several counties and the majority of them tend to traffick victims into the following European countries: Spain (counties of Teleorman, Olt, Brăila, Bihor, Alba, Sibiu, Bucureşti); Germany (county of Mureş); Greece (counties of Doj and Mehedinti); Italy (county of Vaslui); Czech Republic (county of Prahova). This phenomenon affect also other countries in the Balkans and western Europe. 20. The Special Rapporteur was also informed by the Romanian authorities of the constant decrease in trafficking in persons in Romania since 2005. However, stakeholders also informed the Special Rapporteur of a possible shift in the patterns of recruitment of victims of trafficking in persons, which may lead to an increase in such recruitment in countries to which persons of Romanian origin emigrate. In this connection, the Special Rapporteur wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the continued vulnerability of women and girls to such trafficking once they travel to Western European countries and encounter limited working opportunities. 21. Although traditionally a country of origin and transit of victims of trafficking, stakeholders claimed that Romania might become a country of destination in human trafficking cycle. In that connection, the National Agency against Trafficking of Persons (NAATP), registered and assisted 216 non-national victims of trafficking in 2008. According to information provided by UNHCR, none of these persons applied for asylum in Romania. D. Emerging trends 22. According to information provided by the Ministry of Labour, immigration is a relatively new phenomenon in Romania, which began with its political and economic transition after 1990. The most recent national census11 shows a total of 21,680,974 inhabitants, consisting of the following ethnic groups: Romanian (19,399,597 or 89.46 per cent); Hungarian (1,431,807 or 6.6 per cent); Roma (535,140 or 2.46 per cent); Ukrainian (61,098); German (59,764); Russian-Lipovans; Turks; Tartars; Serbs; Slovaks; Bulgarians; Croats; Greeks; Hebrews; Czechs; Polish; Italian; Chinese; Armenian; Csango; other ethnic groups; and non-declared ethnic groups. 23. There is a dearth of data on the number of international migrants in Romania. The information available indicates that the Republic of Moldova has been the main country of origin of immigrants into Romania from 1997 until the accession of Romania to the European Union (Moldovan migrants account for approximately 75 per cent of the international migrants in the country). Currently, the Republic of Moldova remains a main country of origin of immigration flows into Romania owing to, inter alia, common linguistic features and a more favourable economic situation in Romania.12 Other countries of origin of migrant workers in Romania are Bangladesh, China, India, Turkey, Philippines, 10 11 12 GE.10-12102 Council of Europe, Report by Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, following his visit to Italy on 13–15 January 2009, document CommDH(2009)16. Available from https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1428427. Carried out in March 2002 by the Institutul National de Statistica. See, inter alia, “Romania Country Profile, Focus Migration No. 9”, September 2007. Available from http://www.focus-migration.de/Romania.2515.0.html?&L=1. 7