This report focuses on the impact of migration on the situation of the Moldovan children
left behind by migrating parents. It finds that the total number of these children is large
and the official figures underestimate the extent of this phenomenon. According to
official information around 28000 children in the academic year 2004/2005 were left by
both parents and more than 68000 thousand were left by one parent. These numbers
do not correlate with the large annual outflows and large total stock of the Moldovan
migrants.