How Many Immigrants Live In Italy?

Italy is a nation situated in southern Europe consisting of the peninsula of Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, and many other smaller islands. It was inhabited in ancient times by Italic tribes, Etruscans as well as Greek colonists. The non-Romans were slowly replaced as the power of Rome increased from the fourth century B C onwards. After the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini and his downfall after the Second World War, Italy was reincorporated as a republic in the year 1946.

The provisional citizenship law of Italy permits immigrants to apply only after 10 years of living in the country. The law is also consisted of prerequisites that are not easy to fulfil. The net migration rate of Italy is about 2.07 migrants for every 1000 of the population. In 2002, the population of Italy was around fifty-seven million, out of which the immigrant number goes up to around 1, 50,000, and the number is increasing every year.

Italy, a nation of 63 million people at the latest count, has a disproportionately small number of immigrants, despite the press about everyone wanting to living in the "sun".
The majority of these immigrants (the legal ones) are retired and wealthy, and really do not integrate much.There are clandestines who embark on boats from Africa and who use Italy as a migration route further north.
The reason for this is if you need to support your self by working, this can prove relatively difficult, one because of the language problem, but two because Italy has Job protection laws, and what is more, a culture of protection that excludes foreigners from the job market.
If you want to know more about how to get a permesso or permission to stay, in Italy, a torturous process, even if you are an EU citizen, I suggest you go to the blog www.italyexpat.blogspot.com and read the post on permesso.