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. 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 (2011 -01-01)[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 crime blamed on swelling numbers of immigrants from Romania.[3]
Notable people
- Dinu Adameşteanu, (1913-2004) archaeologist
- Iosif Constantin Drăgan, (1917-2008) businessman, writer and historian
- 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
References
- ^ "La popolazione straniera residente in Italia", stranieriinitalia.it, 2011-09-22, http://www.stranieriinitalia.it/images/istat22set2011.pdf, retrieved 2011-09-23
- ^ "Italy Sends Romanians Home", Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, 2007-08-11, http://www.birn.eu.com/en/111/15/5745/, retrieved 2008-12-21
- ^ "Italy starts deporting Romanians", BBC News, 2007-11-05, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7078532.stm, retrieved 2009-12-09
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