Romanians in Italy


Romanians in Italy became a significant population after 1999, due to a large wave of emigration known in Romania as Fenomenul migrației către UE. 80% of Romanian emigrants went to Spain or Italy, whose national languages are Romance languages like Romanian. They were followed by another wave beginning in 2002, when Romanian citizens obtained the right to move to any Schengen Zone country without a visa. In 2007 Romania joined the European Union, further increasing the economic and political ties between the countries.
, there were 1,207,000 Romanian citizens living in Italy, the largest Romanian immigrant population in any country as well as the largest immigrant group within Italy. A further 150,021 Moldovans, most of whom also speak Romanian, were also living in Italy.

Demographics

Population

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 Romanian people in Italy were as follows: