Summary
Back to: History and Background of Migration in Italy
In this learning unit you have discovered that Italy had been an immigration country long before the so-called “refugee crisis” and you know how the enormous flow of immigrants affected the country.
You are now familiar with terms such as migrants, refugees or asylum seekers and you can distinguish between them. In addition, you are able to inform yourself about various topics and reflect critically on the sources and data.
The solutions to the migration issue are far from easy or obvious. But if work immigration was more important in the past than it is today, the so-called „mixed flows“ would undoubtedly prefer the way of entry for work rather than the asylum way: „such an opening […] would allow to meet the needs of immigration, qualified and not, of an ageing Europe“1.
Reference
- Achilli L., Fargues P., Salamonska J., Talò T. (2016), Study on migrants’ profiles drivers of migration and migratory trends, Internationl Organization for Migration (IOM), available at: http://www.italy.iom.int/sites/default/files/news-documents/Migrants%20Study%20-%20FINAL%20ENG%20VERSION%20-%20ELEC.pdf, latest access 3rd May 2018.
- Ambrosini, M. (2005), Sociologia delle migrazioni, Bologna, Il Mulino.
- Castelli Gattinara P. 2016, The politics of migration in Italy : perspectives on local debates and party competition, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, New York.
- Centro Studi e Ricerche Idos, curated by (2017), Dossier Statistico Immigrazione 2017, Rome
- Tizzi G., Albiani A. e Borgioli G. (a cura di) 2018, La “crisi dei rifugiati” e il diritto alla salute. Esperienze di collaborazione tra pubblico e privato no profit in Italia, Franco Angeli, Milano.