Before the 1990s, the number of immigrants living in Italy was negligible. It was the fall of the communist regime in Albania that opened an immigration flow of Albanians to Italy. In just a few years, from 1991 to 1997, 72,551 Albanians arrived. In 1997, the center-left government led by Prodi-with communist Giorgio Napolitano serving as interior minister-implemented a naval blockade to stop the landings. On March 28, 1997, due to an accident between a boat carrying immigrants with an Italian Navy corvette, about 100 Albanians died. The accident did not stop the departures. In subsequent years, immigrants from Kosovo, Africa, and the Middle East were added to the flow from Albania.
Landings recorded by the MoH between 1997 and 2023
From 1997 to 2023, 1,467,188 immigrants arrived in Italy, to which must be added immigrants not registered by the authorities. In the face of relocations that practically do not take place: in 2022, out of 104,061 immigrants who arrived in Italy, 117 people, or 0.11 percent, were relocated to other countries.
Out of a population of 59,030,133 (2022), foreigners increased from just under two million (1,990,159) in 2004 to 5,030,716 in 2022: 8.52 percent of the total population. From 2012 to 2021, there are 1,314,997 foreigners who have acquired Italian citizenship, including more than 1.2 million from non-EU countries. The most substantial minorities present in Italy are:
| Country of origin | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2022 | % of population (2022) |
| Romania | 248.849 | 887.763 | 1.151.495 | 1.145.718 | 1.083.771 | 1,83% |
| Morocco | 294.945 | 431.529 | 437.485 | 414.249 | 420.172 | 0,71% |
| Albania | 316.659 | 466.684 | 467.687 | 421.591 | 419.987 | 0,71% |
| China | 111.712 | 188.352 | 271.330 | 288.923 | 300.216 | 0,5% |
| Ukraine | 93.441 | 174.129 | 230.728 | 228.560 | 225.307 | 0,38% |
| India | 54.288 | 105.863 | 150.456 | 153.209 | 162.492 | 0,27% |
| Bangladesh | 35.785 | 73.965 | 118.790 | 138.895 | 159.003 | 0,26% |
| Philippines | 82.625 | 123.584 | 165.900 | 157.665 | 158.997 | 0,26% |
| Egypt | 52.865 | 82.064 | 109.871 | 128.095 | 140.322 | 0,23% |
| Moldova | 37.971 | 105.600 | 142.266 | 118.516 | 114.914 | 0,19% |
| Immigrants
origin |
2022 | % of Italian population
(2022)
(2022) |
| Europe | 2.397.837 | 4,06% |
| Africa | 1.135.756 | 1,92% |
| Asia | 1.126.582 | 1,90% |
| Central and South America | 368.061 | 0,62% |
| Oceania
(+ stateless) |
2.480 | 0,004% |
Irregular immigrants, i.e., those who entered illegally, with expired residence permits or visas, number between 500,000 and 600,000, but could be many more. [4 - continued. The first three chapters were published HERE, HERE and HERE]
Sources:
Augusto Priore, La scomparsa dei popoli europei, Passaggio al Bosco, Firenze, 2024, p. 167.
www.interno.gov.it.dati-e-statistiche.
Carlo Canepa, “Sì, solo 117 migranti sbarcati in Italia nel 2022 sono stati ricollocati in Europa”, pagellapolitica.it, 11.11.2022.
Cittadini non comunitari in Italia- anni 2020.2021, istat.it, 22.10.2021.
Vero: in Italia si stimano oltre 500 mila immigrati irregolari, pagellapolitica.it, 08/11/2022.
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