Immigration to Italy, from Lombardy to Sicily
August 4, 2011
In the last 10-15 years many foreigners have moved to Italy.
Italy, which had been a country of emigration for years, has become a country of immigration in the last 10-15 years. This was something new for Italy, something this country was not ready for, something that has changed a lot of things in this country and that has made it necessary to open immigration consultants Italy.
In 2010 the regular workers that lived in Italy were about 2 million, this number being doubled in comparison to 2000. In general, in 2010 there were 4 million foreigners living in Italy, which means that 7% of the population was foreign. Since 2000, the number of foreign people in Italy has increased by 13% each year. Only Spain, among the biggest European countries, has had higher percentages. Immigration Italy has stopped a bit in 2008 due to the world crisis that has made the work demand fall.
Most foreigners coming to Italy come from a European country, especially from “new” European countries like Romania. At the top of the chart of the foreign countries with the greatest number of residence permits in Italy we find Morocco, followed by Albany and Romania, while as far as the number of foreign citizens that are resident in Italy is concerned at the top of the chart we find Albany, followed by Morocco and Romania. But while in 2002 most people came from Albany (14%), in 2007 it was from Romania that most people came (23,2%). Many people come also from China, Philippines, Tunisia, Serbia and Montenegro, Senegal, India, Peru and Pakistan.
All the Italian regions are interested by the migration phenomenon, but obviously in some regions there are more foreign people than in other ones. The data gathered in 2009 reveal that in that year most foreign people were concentrated in 3 regions, i.e. Emilia Romagna (10,5%), Umbria (10,4%) and Lombardy (10%). Many people choose relocation Milan, for example. In general, we can say that there are more foreigners in the northern regions than in the South of Italy.
