{"id":23058,"date":"2017-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuovowww.collaudo.istat.it\/non-categorizzato\/international-and-internal-migration-year-2016\/"},"modified":"2024-06-08T21:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T19:49:00","slug":"international-and-internal-migration-year-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/press-release\/international-and-internal-migration-year-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"International and internal migration"},"content":{"rendered":"

During 2016, the international net migration grew by more than 10,000, reaching 144,000 (+8% compared to 2015).<\/p>\n

The immigration flow was equal to nearly 301,000 (+7% compared to 2015), the immigrants with a foreign citizenships were the majority by far (263,000, equal to 87%).<\/p>\n

The largest number of immigrants was recorded for Romanians (45,000), followed by Pakistanis (15,000), Nigerians (15,000), Moroccans (15,000). Compared to 2015, the immigration of Cingalese (-18%), Chinese (-17%), Bengalis (-14%) to Italy was decreasing.<\/p>\n

In relative terms, African immigrants showed the highest increases: Guinean citizens (+161%) Ivorians ( +73%), Nigerians (+66%) and Ghanaians (+37%)<\/p>\n

Emigration continues to grow, during 2016, it was equal to 157,000 (+7% compared to 2015). The increase in emigration was only due to the rise in the number of national emigrants (from 102,000 in 2015 to 115,000 in 2016).<\/p>\n

The foreign born emigrants with Italian citizenship were more than 28,000 (+19% compared to 2015): one out of two decided to go back to his country of birth; as for the emigrants that didn\u2019t choose to return to their country of birth,\u00a0 43% of the emigrates within the European Union and the remaining 7% went outside the EU.<\/p>\n

An analysis by country of next residence reveals that the largest share of emigrants chose United Kingdom (21.6%), Germany (16.5%), Switzerland (9.9%) and France (9.5%).<\/p>\n

Among Nationals, 25,000 emigrants with more than 24 years of age held a degree. This percentage showed a sharp increase compared to 2015 (+9%). Emigrants with a medium-low educational level were increasing as well (+11%).<\/p>\n

During 2016, 1 million and 331,000 people changed the residence among Italian Municipalities (+4% compared to 2015).<\/p>\n

The large majority of the changes of the residence (1,006,000) took place within the same region, while 324,000 people chose a different region of residence. The number of foreign citizens that migrated within the Country is 230,000, +27,000 compared to 2015.<\/p>\n

For information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Francesca Licari<\/strong>
\nph. +39.06.4673.6227
\nlicari@istat.it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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