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Article: MIGRATION-ITALY: LATIN AMERICANS SENT $9 BILLION HOME IN 2008
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- September 3, 2009
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Matteo Fracassi
Inter Press Service English News Wire
09-03-2009
UNITED NATIONS, Sep. 3, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Italy is in many ways
a country of contradictions, known for beautiful beaches and
vulnerable coasts, staunch Catholicism and growing intolerance
towards immigrants.
Italy has struggled with the issue of migration for a long time.
It ranks first in Europe, alongside Spain, for the annual growth
rate of immigrants, and regular immigrants now number more than 3.6
million - 6.2 percent of the population.
Italy's position in the Mediterranean Sea makes a strategic
route for migration. On Aug. 20, 73 migrants from North Africa
perished off the coast of Sicily. Earlier that month, the Italian
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