Italy

DEMOGRAPHICS

Arrivals by Sea

9% of Population: 5.3 million refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants currently live in Italy.

*Data sources: Statistica

Recorded Migrant Deaths Mediterranean Sea

Data source: Statistica

DIVERSITY CONTRIBUTION

*Data sources: UNHCR: Refugees & Migrants Arrivals to Europe, Relief Web International

Languages Spoken

Arabic
Bengali
English
French
Dari
Pashto

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*

Farming

100%

Gardening

60%

Construction

40%

*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 Arrivals

*Data sources: Statistica

COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION

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

Rhenald, Nigeria — "My life hasn’t gone as I wished, but it is meant to be. It’s God’s plan. Everyone has his own road and his own destiny. So I choose my own road to follow, and I’m grateful for the destiny God has for me."

February 15, 2022

Introducing Rhenald Idubor as new Italy Community Program Coordinator

Their Story is Our Story is delighted to have Rhenald Idubor working in the role of Community Programs Coordinator in Italy. Rhenald's own first-hand refugee experiences lend tremendous insight and strength to this work of changing perceptions through stories and welcome through action. We invite you to get to know Rhenald a little better.

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Rhenald Idubor

Community Program Coordinator, Italy

Rhenald Idubor was born in Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria and has lived in Rome since October 1, 2015. He loves creativity and works full-time as a gardener. Everything influences Rhenald in creative work, in the spiritual aspect and the physical aspect. He loves plants, nature, and animals. With the limited time he has on earth he always loves to be inclusive to work with humanity in coexisting.

Jenna Perego

Community Liaison, Italy

Jenna loves to journal. She grew up in Missouri and moved to Italy with her husband and five kids in 2012 and returned ten years later to Missouri in 2021. Jenna believes everyone has a story. Shortly after arriving in Italy, Jenna made a dear friend in her church congregation who had just arrived with her baby and husband on a heroic and horrific voyage by sea from Libya. This friend’s story changed Jenna’s perspective on her own challenges and opened her eyes to the stories of refugees in her community. She helped TSOS collect stories in Rome in 2017, then volunteered with MEDU and now with LDS Charity’s Friendship Centre.