Romanians in Italy

Romanians in Italy

Total population
1,131,839[1] (additional 150,021 Moldovans)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Rome, Milan, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Brescia, Bergamo, Florence
Languages
Italian, Romanian
Religion
Predominantly (Orthodox, Other Christians)

Romanians in Italy became a notable presence mostly after 1999, due to a large wave of emigration known in Romania as Fenomenul migrației către UE (Movement to the EU Phenomenon). 80% of the emigrants went to Spain or Italy, whose national languages are related to Romanian. They were followed by a further wave beginning in 2002, when Romanian citizens obtained the right to leave their country and go to any Schengen Zone country without having a visa. As of 2015, there were 1,131,839 Romanian citizens with additional 150,021 Moldovans living in Italy.

In 2007, Italy expelled Romanian citizens with criminal records, after a wave of violent crimes of which swelling numbers of Romani immigrants from Romania were held responsible.^[3] Roma are a large historical ethnical minority in Romania (over 600,000 people, 3.3% of the population) and they make up 6% of Romanian citizens in Italy too.^[4]

Romanian market in Monza in 2011

Romaninan citizens resident in Italy 2001-2014
2001 (Census)	74,885	[5]
2002	95,039	[6]
2003	177,812	[7]
2004	248,849	[8]
2005	297,570	[9]
2006	342,200	[10]
2007	625,278	[11]
2008	796,477	[12]
2009	887,763	[13]
2010	968,576	[14]
2011 (Census)	823,100	[15]
2012	933,354	[16]
2013	1,081,400	[17]
2014	1,131,839	[18]
2015	1,151,395	[19]

Notable people

• Bogdan Lobonț (b. 1978), football player
• Catrinel Menghia (b. 1985), model
• Claudia Koll (b. 1965), actress and missionary
• Cristian Chivu (b. 1980), football player
• Cristian Stoica (b. 1976), rugby union footballer
• Gabriele Oriali (b. 1952), football player
• Giulian Ilie (b. 1977), professional boxer
• Iosif Constantin Drăgan (1917–2008), businessman, writer and historian
• Linda Valori (b. 1978), singer
• Loredana Errore (b. 1984), singer-songwriter
• Nicolae Bălcescu (1819–1852), historian, writer and revolutionary
• Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen (1881–1958), jurist, diplomat, professor, publicist and politician
• Mădălina Ghenea (b. 1987), actress and model
• Ramona Bădescu (b. 1968), actress, singer, model and politician
• Ramona Cheorleu (b. 1982), television presenter and model
• Roman Vlad (1919–2013), composer, pianist and musicologist
• Virginia Zeani (b. 1925), soprano

See also

• Romanian diaspora
• Immigration to Italy

References

1. "Bilancio demografico nazionale".
2. Non-EU citizens legally residing Jan 2014
3. "Italy starts deporting Romanians". BBC News. 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
4. Ciobanu, Claudia (2008-05-16). "EUROPE: Home to Roma, And No Place for Them". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
5. ISTAT, ed. (2004-06-16). "14º Censimento della popolazione: dati definitivi. Stranieri residenti in famiglia e in convivenza" (PDF).
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13. ISTAT (ed.). "Cittadini Stranieri. Popolazione residente per sesso e cittadinanza al 31 Dicembre 2009, Italia - Tutti i Paesi".
14. ISTAT (ed.). "Cittadini Stranieri. Popolazione residente per sesso e cittadinanza al 31 Dicembre 2010, Italia - Tutti i Paesi".
15. ISTAT (ed.). "Gli stranieri al 15º Censimento della popolazione" (PDF).
16. ISTAT (ed.). "Cittadini Stranieri. Popolazione residente per sesso e cittadinanza al 31 Dicembre 2012, Italia - Tutti i Paesi".
17. ISTAT (ed.). "Cittadini Stranieri. Popolazione residente per sesso e cittadinanza al 31 Dicembre 2013, Italia - Tutti i Paesi".
18. ISTAT (ed.). "Cittadini Stranieri. Popolazione residente per sesso e cittadinanza al 31 Dicembre 2014, Italia - Tutti i Paesi".
19. ISTAT (ed.). "Bilancio demografico nazionale, 2015".