Romanians in Italy
Romanians in Italy became a notable presence mostly after 1999, due to a large wave of emigration known in Romania as Fenomenul către UE. 80% of the emigrants went to Spain or Italy, whose national languages are related to Romanian. They were followed by a further wave beginning in 2002, when Romanian citizens obtained the right to leave their country and go to any Schengen Zone country without having a visa. As of 1 January 2011[update], there were 968,576 Romanian citizens living in Italy, representing 21.2% of all foreign citizens in that country.[1] Unofficial estimates put the actual number of Romanians in Italy at well over one million people.[2]
On 4 November 2007, Italy started expelling Romanians with criminal records, after a wave of violent crimes of which swelling numbers of Romani immigrants from Romania were held responsible.[3] Roma are a large historical ethnical minority in Romania (2 million people, 10% of the population) and they make up 10% of Romanians in Italy too[citation needed]. It should also be noted that Roma in Romania have had difficult relationships with Romanians themselves since historical times.
Cities with significant Romanian communities
Based on Demo Istat statistics
- Rome 72.462 (2,62% on total residing people)
- Turin 51.918 (5,72%)
- Milan 12.146
- Padua 8.268 (3,86%)
- Verona 8.056 (3,05%)
- Florence 7.320 (1,97%)
- Bologna 6.256 (1.65%)
- Guidonia Montecelio 5.897 (7,04%)
- Tivoli 4.924 (8,71%)
- Ladispoli 4.620 (11,26%)
- Arezzo 4.463 (4,45%)
- Fiumicino 4.417 (6,22%)
- Aprilia 4.405 (6,26%)
- Terni 3.939 (3,48%)
- Latina 3.935 (3,28%)
- Genoa 3.743
- Cremona 3.679 (5,10%)
- Ravenna 3.506 (2,21%)
- Perugia 3.450 (2,05%)
- Pomezia 3.432 (5,62%)
Notable people
- Dinu Adameşteanu, (1913-2004) archaeologist
- Iosif Constantin Drăgan, (1917-2008) businessman, writer and historian
- Roman Vlad, (1919) composer, pianist and musicologist
- Gabriele Oriali, (1952) football player
- Claudia Koll, (1965) actress and missionary
- Ramona Bădescu, (1968) actress, singer, model and politician
- Cristian Stoica, (1976) rugby union footballer
- Giulian Ilie, professional (1977) boxer
- Linda Valori, (1978) singer
- Ramona Cheorleu, (1982) television presenter and top model
- Loredana Errore, (1984) singer-songwriter
- Nicolae Balcescu
References
- ^ "La popolazione straniera residente in Italia" (PDF), stranieriinitalia.it, 2011-09-22, retrieved 2011-09-23
- ^ "Italy Sends Romanians Home", Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, 2007-08-11, retrieved 2008-12-21
- ^ "Italy starts deporting Romanians", BBC News, 2007-11-05, retrieved 2009-12-09
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