Immigration

by Carol King | Mon, 04/08/2013 - 13:21

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…

Scotland Creates Archive Of Italian Immigrants’ Stories

by ITALY | Wed, 11/14/2012 - 03:50

words by Carol KingThe Italo-Scottish Research Centre (ISRC) in Edinburgh is creating an archive of the Italian diaspora in Scotland.Italian immigrants…

Culture

"New Italian" Youth Orchestra Debuts In Rome

by Gabi Logan | Tue, 07/03/2012 - 07:01

After three years of study, planning and practice, the teenage group Esquilino Junion Theatre Orchestra debuted their original collaboratively-written…

Italy to be “tougher than Sarkozy” on Roma

by ITALY | Mon, 08/23/2010 - 06:34

Italy’s Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has praised the French government for deporting hundreds of Romanians last week. The deportations were said to have…

Milan mayor in immigration row

by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 05/11/2010 - 06:56

In this photo: Livia Turco / Letizia MorattiMilan Mayor Letizia Moratti, speaking at a conference on immigration at the city’s Università Cattolica, has caused…

Woman fined for wearing Burqa

by Pat Eggleton | Wed, 05/05/2010 - 06:04

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…

1st March - a day without us

by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 03/01/2010 - 07:08

Immigrant workers in sixty Italian towns will strike today in protest at recent racist attacks, exploitation and inhumane working and living conditions. Their…

Stabbing in Milan - Immigration debate flares again

by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 02/15/2010 - 10:40

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…

Minor found in car boot

by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 01/18/2010 - 03:51

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…

Italy cracks down on illegal immigration

by ITALY | Fri, 07/03/2009 - 03:39

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…