Immigration

by Carol King |
Figures released by the Italian government reveal that emigration from Italy rose by 30% in 2012 and that emigrants are becoming younger.Data compiled by the…
by ITALY |
words by Carol KingThe Italo-Scottish Research Centre (ISRC) in Edinburgh is creating an archive of the Italian diaspora in Scotland.Italian immigrants…
Culture
by Gabi Logan |
After three years of study, planning and practice, the teenage group Esquilino Junion Theatre Orchestra debuted their original collaboratively-written…
by ITALY |
Italy’s Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has praised the French government for deporting hundreds of Romanians last week. The deportations were said to have…
by Pat Eggleton |
In this photo: Livia Turco / Letizia MorattiMilan Mayor Letizia Moratti, speaking at a conference on immigration at the city’s Università Cattolica, has caused…
by Pat Eggleton |
In this photo: Afghan women wearing their traditional burqas - Photo by Steve EvansA 26-year-old Tunisian woman was approached by police and fined 500 euros…
by Pat Eggleton |
Immigrant workers in sixty Italian towns will strike today in protest at recent racist attacks, exploitation and inhumane working and living conditions. Their…
by Pat Eggleton |
The immigration debate in Italy has flared again following the stabbing and killing of a 19-year-old Egyptian youth, Azizi El Saled, in a poor area of Milan…
by Pat Eggleton |
At a time when the Italian debate over clandestine immigration has opened up again, frontier police in Bari have arrested a 42-year-old Greek citizen who hid…
by ITALY |
Italy cracked down on illegal immigration and crime with a new law Thursday.For the first time, illegal immigration becomes a crime and Italians are encouraged…