Internal migration patterns of foreign citizens in Italy

Abstract

Immigrationfigures have increased over time, reaching unforeseen levels in the first decade of the 21st century. Indeed, Italy and Spain have joined the ranks of the more attractive destinations on the world scale of international migration (Sobotka, 2009;Strozza, 2010). Italy has seen a gradual increase in its resident foreign population, a rise which has stemmed in part from periodic special regularizations of illegal aliens (Bonifazi & Strozza, 2020;Strozza, 2019). According to

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“…Consistently with these previous findings, Casacchia et al, (2022) recently stressed the importance of community-specific patterns.…”

“…Hotspots identified according to the general presence of migrants do not seem to be driven by attraction between co‐nationals, as they are often very diverse, mixed, and multiethnic (Celata & Touré, 2022). Consistently with these previous findings, Casacchia et al, (2022) recently stressed the importance of community‐specific patterns. They showed how Ukrainian citizens tend to follow a process of spatial assimilation while, in contrast, Chinese citizens tend to cluster following the network of co‐nationals.…”

“…Research typically analyses foreign citizens as a uniform group with respect to internal movements and clustering (Casacchia et al, 2022). Celata et al (2018aCelata et al ( , 2018b, who analysed the clustering of migrants in the form of urban hotspots (i.e.…”

“…In the previous two decades, the internal migration of foreigners in Italy has been higher than that of Italians. Research has shown that newly arriving immigrants have higher migration intensities than foreigners already established in Italian society as migrants have increasingly ‘found their way’ into the Italian society (Bonifazi et al, 2021; Casacchia et al, 2022). Onward and return migration has also increased, mainly as a reaction to the economic crisis and subsequent stagnation that characterised the second half of the 2010s (Ortensi & Barbiano di Belgiojoso, 2018).…”

“…Research on secondary migration movements of migrants in Europe has recently gained momentum as migration is increasingly conceptualised as a dynamic and complex process potentially involving multiple internal (Bonifazi et al, 2021; Casacchia et al, 2022; Cremaschi et al, 2020; Fromentin, 2021) and international movements such as onward (international migration to a third country different from the country of birth) and return (to the country of birth) migration (Bonifazi & Paparusso, 2018; Castles et al, 2009; Jeffery & Murison, 2011; Montagna et al, 2021; Monti, 2019; Ortensi & Barbiano di Belgiojoso, 2018). Research on the patterns and drivers of secondary migration has primarily focused on the characteristics of individuals who remigrate or plan to re‐emigrate.…”