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In 2021, around 6,260,000 people residing in Italy have an immigration background (around the 10.6% of the total Italian population). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Starting from the early 1980s, until then a linguistically and culturally homogeneous society, Italy began to attract substantial flows of foreign immigrants.
The last peak of arrivals from the south to the north of Italy occurred between 1968 and 1970. [1] In 1969, 60,000 arrivals were recorded in Turin, half of which came from southern Italy, while 70,000 immigrants arrived in Lombardy that same year. [1]
The distribution of immigrants is largely uneven in Italy: 83% of immigrants live in the northern and central parts of the country (the most economically developed areas), while only 17% live in the southern half of the peninsula. [79] Net migration rate 3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 34th
A huge number of migrants have reached Italy by sea from North Africa, causing problems for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government after it promised tighter controls. Since Jan. 1 ...
Rescued male migrants are brought to southern Italian ports, 28 June 2015. Immigration to Europe has a long history, but increased substantially after World War II. Western European countries, especially, saw high growth in immigration post 1945, and many European nations today (particularly those of the EU-15) have sizeable immigrant populations, both of European and non-European origin.
Italians go to the polls on March 4 and the key issues of immigration and unemployment are likely to heavily influence voters, particularly in Sicily.
The distribution of foreign born population is largely uneven in Italy: 80% of immigrants live in the northern and central parts of the country (the most economically developed areas), while only 20% live in the southern half of the peninsula. In 2008, net immigration to Italy was 47,000. [citation needed]
African emigrants to Italy include Italian citizens and residents originally from Africa. Immigrants from Africa officially residing in Italy in 2015 numbered about 1,000,000 residents. [ 1 ] Afro-Italians ( Afroitaliani ) are Italians born in Africa but raised in Italy, Italian citizens of African descent, or of mixed African and Italian roots.