Ethiopians in Italy

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Ethiopians in Italy
Ethiopian population in Italy by province.svg
Ethiopian population in Italy by province.
Total population
30,000 (estimate) (2000) [1]
6,851 (Ethiopian-born residents) (2021) [2]
Regions with significant populations
Rome, Milan, Parma, Turin
Languages
Tigrinya  · Tigre  · Arabic  · Saho  · Bilen  · Italian
Religion
Christian (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo, Catholic, P'ent'ay) · Islam

Ethiopians in Italy are citizens and residents of Italy who are of Ethiopian descent. Many people of Ethiopian origin have become Italian citizens and are therefore no longer included in the demographic statistics.

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History

Santo Stefano degli Abissini in the Vatican, the national church of the Ethiopian community of Rome. Giardini vaticani, chiesa di santo stefano degli abissini, 01.jpg
Santo Stefano degli Abissini in the Vatican, the national church of the Ethiopian community of Rome.

Ethiopian pilgrims have been recorded in Rome since the early 15th century. By the early 16th century, the Ethiopian community was well-established in Rome, centered on the church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini. [3] [4]

Ethiopians in Italy were 7,772 in 2016, up from 6,656 in 2007. While the historical presence is linked to the training of priests at the Ethiopian College, [5] contemporary Ethiopian immigration is rather feminized and linked to the domestic work market. It is a contained and constant migratory flow. [6]

Asylum requests in Italy by Ethiopian citizens remain limited compared to the total (2,155 in 2015). Of these, 85% obtained a residence permit for international or humanitarian protection. Italy is also a crossing point for Ethiopian refugees headed to Northern Europe (United Kingdom and Sweden). Often, due to the Dublin Regulations, such asylum seekers are then sent back to Italy. [7]

In Rome the Ethiopian community (as well as the Eritrean one) is concentrated in the Termini station area: via Milazzo and via dei Mille, via Volturno and via Montebello. [8]

Demographics

As of 2021, most Ethiopian nationals residing in Italy live in Rome, Milan, Parma, and Turin. [2] The following table lists Italian provinces by Ethiopian population.

RankProvincePopulation (2021) [2]
1 Rome 2243
2 Milan 713
3 Parma 417
4 Turin 236
5 Bari 216
6 Bologna 202
7 Udine 131
8 Florence 123
9 Bergamo 120
10 Brescia 94
11 Pisa 88
12 Modena 86
13 Naples 81
14 Viterbo 77
15 Venice 69
16 Terni 65
17 Varese 60
18 Perugia 56
18 Reggio Emilia 56
18 Trentino 56
21 Como 51
21 Palermo 51
23 Genoa 50
24 Pavia 49
25 Arezzo 45
26 Frosinone 42
26 Teramo 42
26 Trapani 42
29 Piacenza 41
30 Padua 40
30 Ragusa 40
32 South Tyrol 36
33 Verona 33
34 Lecco 32
35 Rieti 31
36 Ancona 30
36 Catania 30
36 Macerata 30
39 Agrigento 29
39 Syracuse 29
41 Cosenza 28
42 Latina 27
42 Messina 27
44 Mantua 26
44 Livorno 26
46 Lucca 25
46 Pistoia 25
48 Alessandria 24
49 Pesaro and Urbino 23
50 Cuneo 22
50 Vicenza 22
52 Massa-Carrara 21
52 Pordenone 21
52 Treviso 21
55 Siena 20
56 Gorizia 19
56 Lodi 19
56 Monza and Brianza 19
59 Brindisi 18
59 Forli-Cesena 18
61 Chieti 17
61 Savona 17
63 Rimini 16
63 Trieste 16
65 Fermo 15
65 Prato 15
65 Salerno 15
65 Taranto 15
69 Caserta 14
70 Asti 13
71 Ascoli Piceno 12
71 Cagliari 12
71 Campobasso 12
74 Cremona 11
74 L'Aquila 11
74 Pescara 11
74 Reggio Calabria 11
74 Verbano-Cusio-Ossola 11
74 Vercelli 11
80 Belluno 10
80 Catanzaro 10
80 Crotone 10
80 Lecce 10
84 Barletta-Andria-Trani 8
84 Potenza 8
86 Imperia 7
86 La Spezia 7
86 Nuoro 7
89 Avellino 6
89 Biella 6
89 Enna 6
89 Foggia 6
89 Grosseto 6
94 Benevento 5
94 Matera 5
94 Sassari 5
97 Sondrio 4
98 Caltanissetta 3
98 Novara 3
98 Oristano 3
101 Ferrara 2
101 Rovigo 2
103 Isernia 1
103 Vibo Valentia 1
105 Aosta Valley 0
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