Madrid. From 2006 to 2016, Italian emigration has increased by 54.9%. A little over 3 million to 4.8 million Italians registered abroad according to a report, “Italians in the World” by the Fondazione Migrantes. An increase with regards to the continents and nations that receive the highest numbers of Italians such as Argentina, Germany and Switzerland. However, the most significant variations in the 11 years regard Spain (+155.2%) and Brazil (+151.2%). From January to December 2015 there have been 189,699 registrations to AIRE. 56.7% of which were solely for expatriation. 107, 529 Italians have left Italy for other reasons. Compared to 2015, there have been 6,232 more registrations with AIRE. (9colonne)
