ITALY: DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS. Stime per l'anno 2015

In 2015, the resident population fell by 139,000 units (-2.3 per thousand).

ISTAT: Demographic indicators 2014

The net migration balance with the rest of the world is around +142,000 units, corresponding to a rate of 2.3 per thousand. This is the lowest figure in the last fifty years.

"Immigration has generated invaluable capital"

Interview with Benjamin Stora, directed by Jean-Baptiste François

NON-COMMUNITY CITIZENS WHO ARE REGULARLY VISITING

ISTAT Report 2013-2014: on the 1st of May 2014, 3,874,726 non-EU citizens were regularly present in Italy.

CENSO 2011: family nuclei, internal and international migration, acquisitions of citizenship

L'Istat publishes the data from the 2011 census of foreign residents in Italy: the majority come from central Europe and are predominantly women, while African and Asian migrants make up the majority.

Women from the south also migrate to the south, Paraguayans in Brazil

by Delia Dutra. This text analyzes the lived experience of Paraguayan migrant women living in Brazil. The starting point for the analysis is the perspective of the women themselves, protagonists of the migratory process. The aim is to identify the difficulties faced in the family and professional spheres, the possibilities for accessing services, existing migration policies and the [...]

ISTAT - International and internal migration of the resident population

In 2012, immigrants to Italy numbered 351,000, 35,000 fewer than in the previous year (-9.1%). The increase in immigration from abroad is largely due to the number of immigrants from foreign countries, which rose from 354,000 in 2011 to 321,000 in 2012. In the same year, there was also a contraction of [...]

Population Decline of Unauthorized Immigrants Stalls, May Have Reversed

This report provides estimates of the size of the March 2012 unauthorized immigrant population for the nation, as well as for the six states (California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas) where 60% of unauthorized immigrants live. Click here to view the full report

Immigrant health

This article describes the multidimensional aspects of the health of immigrant populations and their descendants, taking the Portuguese case as an example. On the one hand, emphasis is placed on the importance of accessibility and the different barriers that condition it and, on the other hand, the interventions of the state and civil society in favor of the health of immigrants are highlighted, in a current context marked by [...]

HUMAN TRAFFICKING QUESTIONS THE ECCLESIAL EXPERIENCE

The article briefly presents some features of the human experience that the phenomenon of migration...