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SOCIETYRefugeesinItalyCHAPTER

01OverviewNumberofrefugeesinItalyfrom1992to2022(in1,000s)NumberofrefugeesinItaly1992-2022Numberofrefugeesinthousands0102030405060708019921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320049.350.373.174.364.766.65.566.88.610.112.815.73Description:In2022,Italyhosted296,000refugees.Since1998,thenumberofrefugeesinItalyexperiencedanincrease.Thisfigureonlyreferstothetotalnumberofpeoplewhoserefugeestatushasbeenrecognized.Inthesameyear,thenumberofasylumapplicationsamountedto27thousand.However,datashowthatthemajorityofasylumapplicationssubmittedinItalyreceiveanegativeresponse.ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;1990to2022Source(s):InternationalOrganizationforMigrationNumberofimmigrantswhoarrivedbyseainItalyfrom2014to2022MigrantarrivalsinItaly2014-2022200,000181,436180,000160,000140,000120,000100,00080,00060,00040,00020,0000170,100153,842117,153105,12967,47734,154202023,037201811,47120192014201520162017202120224Description:FromJanuarytoDecember2022,105,129migrantsarrivedbyseainItaly.In2020,34,100migrantsarrivalsontheItaliancoasts.Between2014and2020,thenumberofmigrantssettingfootinthecountrypeakedin2016at181thousandindividuals.Amongthemostfrequentcountriesoforigindeclareduponarrivalsin2021,TunisiaandBangladeshrankedfirst.About14thousandpeoplewereTunisian,whilearoundsixthousandimmigrantscamefromBangladesh.

ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;January1,2014toDecember30,2022Source(s):Ministerodell'InternoNumberofunaccompaniedmigrantminorsarrivinginItalyfrom2014to2022UnaccompaniedmigrantminorsarrivinginItaly2014-202230,00025,84625,00020,00015,00015,77913,38613,02612,45010,05310,0005,00004,68720203,53620181,68020192014201520162017202120225Description:BetweenJanuaryandDecember2022,13,386minorsarrivedbyseainItaly.ThenumberofunaccompaniedchildrenarrivedbyseainItalypeakedin2016withover25,800children.

ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;January1,2014toDecember30,2022Source(s):Ministerodell'InternoMostfrequentimmigrants'nationalitiesdeclareduponarrivalinItalyin2022MostfrequentimmigrantnationalitiesdeclareduponarrivalinItaly2022Numberofindividuals10,00005,00015,00020,00025,000EgyptTunisiaBangladeshSyriaAfghanistanIvoryCoastGuineaPakistanIranEritreaOther6Description:In2022,20,542immigrantswhoreachedItalycamefromEgypt.Moreover,18,000migrantswerefromTunisia,whereas14,000peopleoriginatedfromBangladesh.Egyptiansrepresented20percentoftheindividualsarrived.

ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2022Source(s):Ministerodell'InternoMainportswhereimmigrantsarrivedinItalyin2018Mainportswhereimmigrantsarrived2018Numberoflandedmigrants05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0003,8184,500PozzalloLampedusaCatania3,4682,961Augusta2,4782,394MessinaTrapani1,726Crotone1,032Palermo809PortoEmpedocleReggioCalabriaCagliari505379176174Brindisi7Description:FromJanuarytoDecember2018,thenumberofmigrantsarrivedinPozzallo(Sicily)amountedto3,818,thelargestvaluenationwide.Moreover,Lampedusaregistered3,468arrivals,rankingsecondinthechart.In2018,about23.4thousandmigrantslandedinItaly.ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;January1,2018toDecember31,2018Source(s):Ministerodell'InternoNumberofimmigrantshostedindifferentfacilitiesinItalyfrom2013to2023ImmigrantsinreceptioncentersinItaly2013-2023200,000180,000160,000140,000120,000183,681176,554141,107135,858107,268103,792100,00080,00060,00040,00020,000091,42479,93878,42166,066201422,11820132015201620172018201920202021202220238Description:AsofSeptember2023,141,107migrantswerehousedindifferenttypesofreceptioncentersinItaly.Receptioncentersincludefacilitiesforbeneficiariesofinternationalprotectionaswellasforunaccompaniedminors,accommodationcenters,andhotspotfacilities.Inthesameperiod,theItalianregionthathostedthehighestnumberofimmigrantsinitsreceptioncenterswasLombardy.ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;January1,2013toSeptember30,2023Source(s):Ministerodell'InternoCHAPTER

02AsylumapplicationsNumberofasylumapplicationssubmittedinItalyfrom2013to2022AsylumapplicationsinItaly2013-2022140,000130,199123,600120,000100,00080,00060,00040,00020,000083,97084,28963,45653,59653,60943,783201926,620201326,9632020201420152016201720182021202210Description:In2022,thereweremorethan84,000asylumapplicationssubmittedinItaly.Comparedtothepreviousyear,thenumberofasylumrequestsexperienceda57percentincrease.

ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2013to2022Source(s):Ministerodell'InternoNumberofacceptedasylumapplicationsinItalyfrom2012to2022NumberoffinalpositivedecisionsonasylumapplicationsinItaly2012-202220,00018,00016,00014,00012,00010,0008,0006,0004,0002,000017,21513,98012,63511,8609,6904,77020163,335201779075452020122013201420152018201920202021202211Description:In2020,Italyacceptedroughly9.7thousandasylumapplications.Intotal,about27.7thousandasylumrequestsweresubmittedinItalyinthatyear.ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2012to2022Source(s):EurostatNumberofrejectedasylumapplicationsinItalyfrom2012to2022NumberoffinalnegativedecisionsonasylumapplicationsinItaly2012-202230,00025,75525,00022,87020,00015,00010,0005,000014,1209,25520176,94520215,36020225,000201644520105201220132014201520182019202012Description:In2022,Italyrejected5,360asylumapplications.Intotal,19,000asylumrequestswereprocessedinItalyduringthatyear.Outofthisnumberofrequests,roughly13,900asylumapplicationswereaccepted.

ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2012to2022Source(s):EurostatNumberofasylumapplicationssubmittedbyunaccompaniedchildreninItalyfrom2014to2022AsylumapplicationsbyunaccompaniedchildreninItaly2014-202212,00010,0008,0009,7825,6396,0004,0002,00003,95920153,67820182,50520141,66120221,4992021659520201620172019202013Description:ThenumberofapplicationssubmittedbyunaccompaniedminorsinItalyincreaseduptotheyear2017,peakingatroughly9,800applications.Asof2020,thenumberofapplicationsreceivedbyunaccompaniedchildrenwas520,thelowestfigurerecordedbetween2014and2022.ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2014to2022Source(s):Ministerodell'InternoNumberofasylumapplicationssubmittedinItalyin2022,bynationalityofapplicantNumberofasylumapplicationsinItaly2022,bynationalityNumber

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applicationsBangladeshPakistanEgypt148411186988925517502032713168303328572113178417181359TunisiaNigeriaGeorgiaUkrainePeruMoroccoAfghanistanColombiaIvoryCoastVenezuela14Description:In2022,thelargestnumberofasylumapplicantsinItalywerefromBangladesh.Morespecifically,citizensfromBangladeshsubmittedmorethan14,000requestsduringthatyear.Moreover,11,800applicantswerefromPakistan,thesecondmostcommonnationalityamongasylumseekersoverthelastmonths.Thetotalnumberofapplicationsaddedupto84,289.ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2022Source(s):Ministerodell'InternoDistributionofresponsestoasylumapplicationsinItalyfrom2019to2022,bystatustypeShareofresponsestoasylumapplicationsinItaly2019-2022Notrecognized*RefugeestatusSubsidiaryprotectionstatusHumanitarianprotectionSpecialprotection120%100%80%60%40%20%0%1%2%7%11%14%14%14%19%11%11%12%13%81%76%58%56%201920202021202215Description:In2022,56percentofasylumrequestsinItalyweredenied.Refugeesstatuswasassignedto13percentoftheapplicants,whereasother12percentreceivedsubsidiaryprotectionstatus.

ReadmoreNote(s):2019to2022;*Itincludesnegative,absent,inadmissible.ReadmoreSource(s):Ministerodell'InternoCHAPTER

03ReturnsandresettlementsNumberofthird-countrynationalsfoundtobeillegallypresentinItalyfrom2012to2022Third-countrynationalsfoundtobeillegallypresentinItaly2012-2022160,000140,000120,000100,00080,000138,42092,07060,00036,230201740,00032,365201629,345201227,305201526,780201826,885201925,300201423,945201322,785202020,00002021202217Description:In2022,Italycountedmorethan138,000peopleillegallypresentontheItalianterritory,accordingtonationallawsrelatingtoimmigration.InEurope,thelargestnumberofmigrantsillegallypresentinthenationalterritorieswasfoundinGermany,Greece,France,andHungary.ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2012to2022Source(s):EurostatNumberofthird-countrynationalsenforcedtoleaveItalyfrom2014to2020Third-countrynationalsenforcedtoleaveItaly2014-20207,0006,0006,0355,1804,9355,0004,3304,5054,0003,0002,0001,00003,6552,592202020142015201620172018201918Description:In2020,around2.3thousandmigrantswereforcedtoleaveItaly.Datarefertotheimplementationoftheenforcementprocedurewhichimposestheobligationtoreturn.ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2014to2020Source(s):EurostatNumberofvoluntaryreturnsofthird-countrynationalsregisteredinItalyfrom2014to2020Voluntaryreturnsofthird-countrynationalsrecordedinItaly2014-20202,0001,8001,6001,4001,2001,8051,0151,0159801,0008006004002000435434224201420152016201720182019202019Description:In2020,225migrantsvoluntarilyreturnedtotheirhomecountriesfromItaly.Datarefertopeoplewhocompliedvoluntarilywiththeobligationtoreturn.Thus,inthesecasesnoenforcementprocedurewaslaunched.Onthecontrary,around2.6thousandthird-countrynationalswereforcedtoleaveItalyinthesameyear.ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2014to2020Source(s):EurostatNumberofresettledasylumapplicantsinItalyfrom2015to2022NumberofresettledasylumapplicantsinItaly2015-20221,6001,4001,2001,0008001,5151,3551,1801,0456003504002009560002015201620172018201920202021202220Description:In2020,Italyrelocatedapproximately350asylumapplicantstoanothercountryoftheEuropeanUnion.In2019,theasylumstatuswasgrantedtoabout12.6thousandrefugees,while22.9thousandapplicationswererejected.

ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2015to2022Source(s):EurostatNumberofDublinrequestssubmittedbyItalyfrom2012to2022DublinrequestssubmittedbyItaly2012-202270,00064,84460,00050,00040,00030,00020,00010,000041,91134,92132,79726,62724,99024,12522,754201422,088202015,532201312,3582012201520162017201820192021202221Description:In2022,Italysubmittedabout32,797Dublinrequests.Morespecifically,thestatisticreferstothenumberofrequestsfortakingbackortakingchargeofanasylumapplicantorathird-countrynational.ReadmoreNote(s):Italy;2012to2022Source(s):EurostatCHAPTER

04FataljourneytoEuropeNumberofrecordeddeathsofmigrantsintheMediterraneanSeafrom2014to2022DeathsofmigrantsintheMediterraneanSea2014-20226,0005,1365,0004,0003,0002,0001,00004,0553,2863,1392,3372,3672,06220211,88520191,4492020201420152016201720182022*23Description:In2022,itwasestimatedthat2,062migrantsdiedwhilecrossingstheMediterraneanSea.However,theaccuratenumberofdeathsrecordedintheMediterraneanSeacannotascertained.Between2014and2018,forinstance,about12thousandpeoplewhodrownedwereneverfound.ReadmoreNote(s):Europe,MENA;2014to2022;*Provisionaldata.TheMissingMigrantsProjectcountsmigrantswhohavediedintheattempttomigratetoacountrydifferentfromtheircountryofresidence.Thecountdoesnotincludethedeathsoccurred[...]

ReadmoreSource(s):InternationalOrganizationforMigrationNumberofrecordeddeathsofmigrantsontheCentralMediterraneanRoutefrom2014to2022DeathsofmigrantsontheCentralMediterraneanRoute2014-20225,0004,5744,5004,0003,5003,1263,1492,8533,0002,5002,0001,5001,0005001,56720211,3851,31420181,26220191,0002020020142015201620172022*24Description:In2022,almost1,400migrantsdiedbycrossingtheCentralMediterraneanroute.TheMediterraneanSearecordedworldwidethelargestnumberofdeathsandmissingcasesofpeoplewhomigrated.Inparticular,theCentralMediterraneanSearegisteredthehighestnumberoffatalities.ReadmoreNote(s):Europe,MENA;2014to2022;*FigureisprovisionalTheMissingMigrantsProjectcountsmigrantswhohavediedintheattempttomigratetoacountrydifferentfromtheircountryofresidence.Thecountdoesnotincludethedeathsof[...]

ReadmoreSource(s):InternationalOrganizationforMigrationNumberofrecordeddeathsofmigrantsontheEasternMediterraneanRoutefrom2014to2022DeathsofmigrantsontheEasternMediterraneanRoute2014-202290080480070060050043437640030020010001741111061017162201420152016201720182019202020212022*25Description:In2022,376peoplediedintheattempttocrosstheEasternMediterran