Social exclusion of immigrants in Italy

Social exclusion of immigrants in Italy

1) Verena Niessen2) Francesca Pacenza3) Matteo Zanoner

Social exclusion of immigrants in ItalyTable of contentMigration structure

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Basic dataIn the Italian context, are 4,570,317 the foreigners resident in Italy on 1 January 2011 (ISTAT, Popolazione straniera residente in Italia), 335 thousand more than the previous year (+7.9%). The increase is slightly lower than that recorded in 2009 (343 thousand units). To these values must be added other 400 thousand regularly present people but not yet registered. In addition to immigration contributes to this data the birth in Italy of children by foreign parents: in 2010 were 78082, as much as 13% of "born residents" in total. During 2010, 65938 foreigners have acquired Italian citizenship.Social exclusion index by areaAreaIndex value1Nord est77,12Centro63,93Nord ovest51,34Sud36,75Isole25,8Source: CNEL - Dossier Statistico Immigrazione Caritas/MigrantesAbsoluteDifferentialRegionIndex valueRegioneIndex value1Emilia R.70,40Piemonte-0,132Friuli V. G.64,60Umbria-0,173Veneto61,80Friuli V.G.-0,174Trentino A.A.61,80Emilia R.-0,205Basilicata60,80Sicilia-0,206Sicilia60,60Baslicata-0,257Puglia60,10Veneto-0,268Lazio59,50Molise0,309Marche58,30Trentino A.A.-0,3310Molise58,00Puglia-0,3411Lombardia57,70Lombardia-0,3912Umbria 57,40Marche-0,4013Calabria52,90Liguria-0,4414Liguria48,60Campania-0,4415Campania48,60Valle d' Aosta-0,4616Valle d' Aosta46,80Toscana-0,5317Toscana46,10Lazio-0,5418Piemonte45,80Calabria-0,6019Abruzzo43,30Sardegna-0,6520Sardegna30,60Abruzzo-0,67Source: CNEL - Dossier Statistico Immigrazione Caritas/Migrantes4Origin of the immigrantsConsidering the origin it is clear that foreigners resident in Italy are citizens of a wide range of foreign countries, but limiting the analysis to the first five countries (Romania, Albania, Morocco, China and Ukraine) they exceed 50% ( 2 million 314 thousand) of the total number.

Integration indexAreaIndex value1Nord est57,82Centro54,33Nord ovest44,94Isole23,75Sud22,6Source: CNEL - Dossier Statistico Immigrazione Caritas/MigrantesMigration causesIn spite of the 2008 financial crisis and its consequences on the Italian market, immigration flows kept boosting because of working reasons. This situation pointed out some critical points of our production system and proved that immigrants contribution to the Italian market is essential.

Reasons of obtaining citizenship by immigrants in Italy200220042007200820092010FOR MARRIAGE9.7419.99431.60924.95017.12221.630FOR RESIDENCE9291.9476.85714.53422.96218.593TOTAL10.67011.94138.46639.48440.08440.223Source: Dossier statistico immigrazione 2011ATAS ONLUSATAS ONLUS,Tridentine Association for foreigners reception(non-profit social organization).ATASwas bornin 1989,and it is an apolitical,nondenominational and nonprofit organizationbased on the respect of diversity and on the development of dialogue as the only means to grow and improve. GoalsLet the local community knowthe positive potentialof migration,in order to fosterpeaceful coexistenceand preventxenophobiaand racism;Spread, among the immigrants who reside in Trentino,the awareness about their rightsand duties, offering them support in dealingwith the state, accessing public services,finding a joband a house, andin the process ofsocial and cultural integrationon the territory.

EQUALCAREPROMO

The project"Equal-PromoCare",financedby the European Social Fundunder the EQUAL program,aims at promotingandregulating theentryofskilledforeign womeninto the labor market. It pointsto a more adequateprofessional development for immigrant womenwhowork inthe province ofTrento,in orderto limitthe negative effects of `double` discrimination as womenand asmigrants,to which theyare subject.

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