Abstract: Abstract Italy has always experienced transit migrations – from invasions to foreign tourists – but mainly it has been a great country of emigration. In 1981, the Italian census unexpectedly showed a small net positive rate: Italians had gone back home and more foreigners had come in. Thirty years later, immigrants amount to 4.5 million (7.5% of the total population) plus 500,000 estimated irregulars and 400,000 not yet registered foreigners. This population of immigrants constitutes around 15 percent of the documented workforce and an important portion of irregulars. Immigrant families raise the scant Italian fertility ratio from 1.3 to 1.4 and foreign students in primary school now constitute 9 percent of the entire primary school population (Caritas Migrantes 2011).
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-02-04
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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