Italian migration

Italian migration

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  Why migration? Migration iswhen people decide to move from one country to another to live In recent years immigration has increased drastically
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  WHAT ARE THEREASONS? POLITICAL ECONOMICAL NATURAL DISASTER RELIGIOUS CRIMINAL EDUCATION
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  Economical: escaping poverty,searching for work and better conditions of life Political: escaping persecution, wars, oppressions and totalitarism. Religious: impossibility to practise their own religion Natural disaster: tsunami, floods, earthquakes and famine Criminal: escaping law and justice Education: getting a better education
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  Who are refugees? Everyday more than 32200 men, women and children are forced to leave their country looking for refuge somewhere near or far from their home. They are refugees and migrants coming from countries plagued by years of war, violence and poverty. women 17% men 58% children 25% women men children
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  Where do theycame from ? They came from: Siria (50%) ; Afghanistan (13%) ; Eritrea (8%) ; Nigeria (4%); Somalia (3%) ; Pakistan (3%) ; Iraq (3%) ; Sudan (2%); Gambia (1%) ; Bangladesh (1%)
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  How dangerous isthe journey? More than 3770 refugees and migrants have died this year trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in overcrowding rubber dinghies or unsafe fishing boats. Most died on the crossing from north Africa to Italy and more than 800 died in the Aegean crossing from Turkey to Greece.
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  What about unaccompaniedrefuge children? Unaccompanied children are the neediest kind of refuge but Europe hasn’t done nearly enough to provide proper houses for the 90000 refugees children that travel without their parents. They want look after themselves. They need help.
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  Where do themigrants and refugees go? Migrants are people that escape from their countries because of the poorness, politic problems, the war or because they want a better life. They arrive in Italy, Corsica, Greece, Hungary, but most of them choose to claim asylum to other countries.
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  The most affectedEuropean countries are: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Luxenbourg, Malta, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Romania etc.
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  Italy is famousfor hospitality and kindness The Italians won’t refuse the migrants Their boundaries are always open
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  Over the pastthree years, half a million boat people have arrived in Italy. They usually enter in our country by the Lampedusa Island with boats without an entry visa and in a very poor condition.
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  They are immediatelyidentified and sent in hotels or villages in order to be fed, receiving money from the government every week.
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  Once they havearrived, they usually do jobs that people in the host country don't want to do...
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  ...and frequently theywork longer hours and for lower salaries
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  It’s necessary todevelop intercultural strategies which involve the interaction between cultures, exchange and comunication , so that the individual recognizes and accepts the diversity of the other person. This is INTEGRATION !