Italy

6554000

Immigrant Population

11%

Immigrant Share of Total Population

2941000

Emigrant Population

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Trans-Saharan Migration to North Africa and the EU: Historical Roots and Current Trends

Trans-Saharan migration has grown since the 1990s due to Libyan policies and regional conflict.

Extreme Measures: What Migrants Are Willing to Do to Get in and What Governments Will Do to Stop Them

In 2005, 464 migrants died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a 41 percent increase over 2004; hundreds more died crossing the Mediterranean or breaching Spain's North African enclaves.

Trafficking in Women from Nigeria to Europe

Trafficking from Nigeria is centered in Edo state, where one in three young women surveyed had received offers to go to Europe.

Characteristics of the European Born in the United States in 2000

In 2000, 4.9 million European-born residents made up 15.8 percent of the U.S. immigrant population, with Eastern Europeans driving recent growth.

The Changing Mosaic of Mediterranean Migrations

Southern Europe faced volatile, increasingly restrictive immigration policies as North Africa and the Balkans emerged as transit zones.

Undocumented Immigration Haunts Italy's Ruling Coalition

Italy's bid to tighten unauthorized immigration controls in 2003 found little EU support and exposed rifts within Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi 's ruling coalition.

Italy's Southern Exposure

Since becoming a net immigrant receiver in the 1980s, Italy has passed four regularization programs and multiple laws as immigration flows have grown and diversified.