Ethiopians in Italy

Ethiopians in Italy are a migrant community historically present in Italy since the Italian occupation. Many people of Ethiopian origin have become Italian citizens (Italian Ethiopians) and are therefore no longer included in the demographic statistics.

Santo Stefano degli Abissini in the Vatican, the national church of the Ethiopian community of Rome.

The city with the highest concentration of Ethiopians in Italy is Rome (2,368), then Milan (598) and Parma (343).[1]

History

From the 15th century a Catholic community was established in Rome whose center was the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abyssinians in the Vatican.[2]

Ethiopians in Italy were 7,772 in 2016, up from 6,656 in 2007. While the historical presence is linked to the training of priests at the Ethiopian College,[3] contemporary Ethiopian immigration is rather feminized and linked to the domestic work market. It is a contained and constant migratory flow.[4]

Asylum requests in Italy by Ethiopian citizens remain limited compared to the total (2,155 in 2015). Of these, 85% obtained a residence permit for international or humanitarian protection. Italy is also a crossing point for Ethiopian refugees headed to Northern Europe (United Kingdom and Sweden). Often, due to the Dublin Regulations, such asylum seekers are then sent back to Italy.[5]

In Rome the Ethiopian community (as well as the Eritrean one) is concentrated in the Termini station area: via Milazzo and via dei Mille, via Volturno and via Montebello.[6]

Known Ethiopians in Italy

Associations
  • Association of the Ethiopian community in Rome

References
  1. "Statistiche: eritrei in Italia". Comuni-Italiani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  2. "Chiesa di S. Stefano dei Mori. Vicende edilizie e personaggi – Edizioni Capitolo Vaticano" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  3. Ambrogetti, Angela. "I cento anni del Pontificio collegio Etiopico in Vaticano raccontano una storia antica". www.acistampa.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. Ethiopian immigrants, on Action Aid, 2017
  5. "Dublin regulation leaves asylum seekers with their fingers burnt". the Guardian. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  6. Paola Soriga, A Roma etiopi ed eritrei si riscoprono fratelli, Internazionale, April 3, 2016 (in Italian)
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