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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. In 2014 over 170,000 migrants arrived which represented the biggest influx of people into ...
The series was featured on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and others, and details the historical presence of African descent in Italy, hence presenting not only the recent history of refugees and migrants of the 1990s, but also the broad and incredibly rich universe of Italians of African descent who have been influencing ...
In Italy the migration from Ghana began in the mid-1980s, when people came over as students driven by economic motives. [citation needed] The choice of Italy as a place of destination, it is often due to the ease of obtaining an entry visa, and the difficulty of obtaining an entry permit for other European countries.
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.
Before World War II, relatively few Italian immigrants arrived, though there were some prominent exceptions, such as the Cape's first Prime Minister John Molteno, who was of Anglo-Italian descent. South African Italians made big headlines during World War II, when Italians captured in Italian East Africa needed to be sent to a safe stronghold ...
On 3 February 2018, in the city of Macerata, Marche, 28-year-old local Luca Traini, driving a black Alfa Romeo 147 and armed with a 9mm Glock 17 Gen3 semi-automatic pistol, seriously wounded, in a drive-by shooting, six African migrants. [1] Traini also targeted the local headquarters of the ruling Italian Democratic Party. [2]
In 2021, there are 119,435 immigrants from Nigeria in Italy. In 2014 in Italy there are 71,158 regular immigrants from Nigeria, while In 2006 there were 37,733. The three cities with most number of Nigerians are: Turin, Rome and Padua. [2]
Mainly from North-African countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Algeria, but also from West Africa (Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Ghana) and the former Italian colonies (Eritrea, Somalia). Doesn't include irregular migrants from Mediterranean Crossings who decide to remain in Italy.