Ukrainians in Italy

Ukrainians in Italy are mostly recent labor migrants.[1] As of 31 December 2010, there were 380,000 Ukrainians in Italy. Many Ukrainian women make a living in Italy as caretakers for the elderly, terminally ill, children or entire families.[2] With an average life expectancy close to 80 years, many Italian families are struggling with how to care for aging parents while maintaining a two-career household. Mistrustful of retirement homes, Italians have embraced Ukrainian migrants as an answer to a shortage of Italian in-home caregivers (making Ukrainians the fourth-largest immigrant community in Italy),[3] a professional role snubbed by many native Italians, due to its physical difficulty and emotional stress.[4]

Numbers and gender

According to a National Institute of Statistics (Istat) report about foreigners in Italy, there are 223,782 Ukrainians in Italy as of 2012, and about 80% of them are women.[5] With many Ukrainian caregivers believed to be working or residing in Italy illegally, other estimates of their numbers range broadly, from 600,000 to 1 million.[6] And while most Ukrainian immigrants eventually want to come back to Ukraine, some are choosing to stay permanently, becoming a part of the Italian society.

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 Ukrainian people in Italy were as follows:[7]

Ukrainian-Italian institutions
  • Amateur theatre "Berehynia"[8]

See also
  • Italy–Ukraine relations

References
  1. Migrationonline.cz Death in the Life of Ukrainian labor migrants in Italy by Olena Fedyuk
  2. BBC News: Why are Ukrainians working abroad?
  3. The Christian Science Monitor. "Italy's alternative to nursing homes: Ukrainian caregivers" by David Berretta
  4. Migrationonline.cz Death in the Life of Ukrainian labor migrants in Italy by Olena Fedyuk
  5. http://www.istat.it/it/files/2012/07/Statistica-report-Permessi-di-soggiorno.pdf
  6. The Christian Science Monitor. "Italy's alternative to nursing homes: Ukrainian caregivers" by David Berretta
  7. "Appartenenza e pratica religiosa tra i cittadini stranieri". www.istat.it (in Italian). 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  8. Ukrainians in Italy Stage Protest Against FEMEN
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