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] 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]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 380,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Italian, Ukrainian |
Numbers and gender
editAccording 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
editIn 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]
Christianity: 90.8%, of which Orthodox Christians 68%, Catholics 22.5% and Protestants 0.3%
Muslims: 0.1%- Non religious: 5.6%
- Other religions: 3.5%
Ukrainian-Italian institutions
edit- Amateur theatre "Berehynia"[8]
Notable people
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Migrationonline.cz Death in the Life of Ukrainian labor migrants in Italy by Olena Fedyuk
- ^ BBC News: Why are Ukrainians working abroad?
- ^ The Christian Science Monitor. "Italy's alternative to nursing homes: Ukrainian caregivers" by David Berretta
- ^ Migrationonline.cz Death in the Life of Ukrainian labor migrants in Italy by Olena Fedyuk
- ^ "Cittadini non comunitari regolarmente soggiornanti (Non-EU citizens regularly residing)" (PDF) (in Italian).
- ^ The Christian Science Monitor. "Italy's alternative to nursing homes: Ukrainian caregivers" by David Berretta
- ^ "Appartenenza e pratica religiosa tra i cittadini stranieri". www.istat.it (in Italian). 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ Ukrainians in Italy Stage Protest Against FEMEN
Дель Ґаудіо (Del Gaudio), С. 2023. Ukrainian Studies in Italy: present and future developments (Original title: “Україністика в Італії: сучасність і перспективи розвитку”). IV Міжнародна наукова конференція: Актуальні проблеми романо-германської філології. Матеріали міжнародної наукової конференції. Київ: Український державний університет імені Михайла Драгоманова, с.8-12.