Immigrazione dal Nord Africa: la Primavera del 2011

[Autom. eng. transl.] The foreigners present in our country at the beginning of 2011 are five million and four hundred thousand. A reality that for seventeen years the Report has analyzed in all its aspects. Here the phenomenon of immigration is deepened taking into account the events that characterized 2011, the year of the "Arab Spring" that caused new migrations from North Africa to Italy and Europe. However, 2011 is also the year in which the economic crisis, still ongoing, mainly affects the weakest sections of the population, including immigrants. As usual, some areas of particular importance are taken into consideration, such as work, health, housing, the Italians' orientation towards immigration, the school, where students of non-Italian citizenship continue to increase. The Report also presents useful insights on other topics: foreigners' access to credit, deviance, knowledge of the language, the integration contract in Italy and in some European countries. The book is structured in four sections: "The general framework", the "Focus areas", the "Deepening" and "The international scenario". The essay explores the theme of the Arab Spring by relating it to migratory flows.