Romani people in Italy
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Roma have been living in Italy since the 15th century.[1] The Sinti, who regard themselves as a subgroup distinct from the Roma, arrived from the north. Other Romani groups migrated from the Balkans and settled in Southern Italy and Central Italy.[2] From
Numbers
In 2015 in Italy there are at about 150,000 (70,000 Italian citizens) of Romani people origins. The three cities with most number of Romanis are: Rome, Milan and Naples.[4]
Life in Italy
According to a May 2008 poll, 68% of Italians wanted to see all of the country's approximately 150,000 Gypsies, many of whom were Italian citizens, expelled.[5] The survey, published as mobs in Naples burned down Gypsy camps that month, revealed that the majority also wanted all Gypsy camps in Italy to be demolished.[5]
A 2015 poll conducted by
On June 18, 2018, Minister of the Interior
Romanis in Italy
- Agostino Cardamone (1965), boxer
- Gigi Meroni (1943-1967), football player
- Moira Orfei (1931–2015), circus artist, actress
- Liana Orfei (1937), circus artist, actress
- professional boxer
See also
- Romani people in the Czech Republic
- Romani people in Turkey
- Romani people in Spain
- Romani people in Hungary
References
- ISBN 978-1-13740-171-7.
- ISBN 978-0-525-42807-7.
- S2CID 144058395 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ "Il Sole 24 ore". Comuni (in Italian). 29 September 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ a b 68% of Italians want Roma expelled - poll, The Guardian, Tom Kington, Rome, 17 May 2008
- The Local Italy. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta; Pianigiani, Gaia (19 June 2018). "Italian Minister Moves to Count and Expel Roma, Drawing Outrage". The New York Times.
- ^ "Italy to Compile 'Register' of Roma People: Matteo Salvini". The Local. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ Kington, Tom (18 June 2018). "Italian Populist Matteo Salvini Pledges Census of Gypsies". The Times. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (19 June 2018). "Far-right Italy minister vows 'action' to expel thousands of Roma" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Salvini shock: "Censimento sui rom, quelli italiani purtroppo ce li dobbiamo tenere". Scontro nel governo, Di Maio: "Incostituzionale"". Repubblica.it. 18 June 2018.