Italy
DEMOGRAPHICS
Arrivals
9% of Population: 5.3 million refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants currently live in Italy.
*Data sources: Infomigrants; Statistica
DIVERSITY CONTRIBUTION
Languages Spoken
- English
- Tigrinya
- French
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Somali
60%
Migrants Speaking Two Languages
*Data source: Italy Migrants Documents
33%
Migrants speaking Italian and French
*Data source: 2020 Migrants Study
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION
Top 3 Fields of Labor*
*Shown as a % share of immigrants in the field of labor.
**Data source: Italy Volantino Report 2019
9.4%
Immigrant Entrepreneurs
€27.4M
Taxable Immigrant Income
€13.9M
Immigrant Contribution to Social Security
SOCIO-FAMILIAL CONTRIBUTION
Unaccompanied Children Released to Sponsore
COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION
11
Italian universities support refugee students
UNI-CO-RE University Corridors for Refugees
- Italian Foreign Ministry
- Italian Catholic Charities Caritas
- Valdensian Diaconia Valdese
- Ghandi Charity
- UNHCR
Universities of L'Aquila, Bologna, Cagliari, Florence, Milan, Padua, Perugia, Pisa, Sassari, Luav, and Luiss all participate in creating "University Corridors" to help students from war-torn countries.
*Data source: Infomigrants Refugee Education
January 9, 2021
"The title refugee, is a badge of honor like prisoner of war or Holocaust survivor. It says something about a person’s life experience and personal strength to survive..."
Volunteers

Community Programs Coordinator, Italy