Thu 12/2/2010 Italy: Lack of Opportunity Prompts 4 Mln Italians to Live Abroad More than 4 million Italians, or about 7 percent of Italy's population, live abroad in search of a work, Europe is the Destination of Choice (55 %) North and South America follows with 39%.
Italy: Lack of Opportunity Prompts 4 Mln Italians to Live Abroad (AKI) Rome, Dec. 2, 2010 More than 4 million Italians, or about 7 percent of Italy's population, live abroad in search of a work, according to a new report presented on Thursday in Rome by Catholic refugee and immigrant charity Migrantes. About half of the expatriates are women. Italian immigration conjures images of ships transporting millions of the country's desperately impoverished inhabitants to North and South America. Between 1876 and 1924, 4.5 million out of 14 million Italians emigrated to the United States alone, according to the Washington-based American Immigration Law Foundation. Italy has changed since the early waves of mass migration ended in the middle of the 20th century. It is now one of the world's richest countries and draws millions of immigrants from developing countries. But lack of opportunity still sparks mass departures in search of work. The regional destination of choice is Europe, where 55 percent of Italian immigrants live, according to the "Italians in the World Report 2010." In second place is North and South America, with 39 percent. At 60,000 a piece, Argentina and Germany
are tied as the country with the highest number of Italian immigrants,
according to the report.
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