ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the key conceptual and policy developments with respect to the various dimensions of human security: how the concept itself has been internalised; what have been the main policies and actions undertaken by the Romanian Orthodox Church (RoOC) concerning the principal dimensions of human security. It aims to understand to what extent the church’s discourse and practices are coherent and coordinated, reactive or proactive, and to what extent the RoOC and the state have been able to learn institutionally, from the experiences. The chapter deals with each issue relating to international mobility chronologically, as they emerged as areas of concern in the Romanian public sphere and as they captured the attention of the RoOC. Due to its geographical and geopolitical location and environment, Romania has not to date been a favoured route for migrants coming from the Middle East.
