Ukrainians in Italy

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Ukrainians in Italy
Total population
380,000
Languages
Italian, Ukrainian

Ukrainians in Italy are mostly recent labor migrants. [1] As of 31 December 2010, there were 380,000 Ukrainians in Italy. Many Ukrainian women make a living in Italy as caretakers for the elderly, terminally ill, children or entire families. [2] Mistrustful of retirement homes, Italians have embraced Ukrainian migrants as an answer to a shortage of Italian in-home caregivers (making Ukrainians the fourth-largest immigrant community in Italy), [3] a professional role snubbed by many native Italians, due to its physical difficulty and emotional stress. [4]

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Numbers and gender

According to a National Institute of Statistics (Istat) report about foreigners in Italy, there are 223,782 Ukrainians in Italy as of 2012, and about 80% of them are women. [5] With many Ukrainian caregivers believed to be working or residing in Italy illegally, other estimates of their numbers range broadly, from 600,000 to 1 million. [6] And while most Ukrainian immigrants eventually want to come back to Ukraine, some are choosing to stay permanently, becoming a part of the Italian society.

Religion

In the years 2011 and 2012 the ISTAT made a survey regarding the religious affiliation among the immigrants in Italy, the religion of the Ukrainian people in Italy were as follows: [7]

Ukrainian-Italian institutions

Notable people

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References

  1. Migrationonline.cz Death in the Life of Ukrainian labor migrants in Italy by Olena Fedyuk
  2. BBC News: Why are Ukrainians working abroad?
  3. The Christian Science Monitor. "Italy's alternative to nursing homes: Ukrainian caregivers" by David Berretta
  4. Migrationonline.cz Death in the Life of Ukrainian labor migrants in Italy by Olena Fedyuk
  5. "Cittadini non comunitari regolarmente soggiornanti (Non-EU citizens regularly residing)" (PDF) (in Italian).
  6. The Christian Science Monitor. "Italy's alternative to nursing homes: Ukrainian caregivers" by David Berretta
  7. "Appartenenza e pratica religiosa tra i cittadini stranieri". www.istat.it (in Italian). 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  8. Ukrainians in Italy Stage Protest Against FEMEN

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