China News Service, January 21. According to Euronet, citing EUN News Agency, according to the latest news released by the Italian Ministry of the Interior and the National Institute of Statistics on the 20th local time, the new crown epidemic has not stopped the flow of refugees in Italy. Import in 2020 The number of immigrants is even three times that of 2019.

In the past 10 years, the increase in Italian export immigrants was only about 4%.

  According to reports, data from the Italian Ministry of the Interior show that in 2020, approximately 34,000 immigrants arrived in Italy by sea, which is three times the number in 2019.

In addition, there are about 4000 people entering Italy through Slovenia and other land borders.

  According to the report, about 38% of the imported migrants from Italy in 2020 are Tunisian citizens; the number of NGO boats sent to refugees is 4,500, and the remaining refugees were intercepted by coastal authorities or arrived at the port on their own.

  According to the report, in 2020, the number of refugees applying for asylum in Italy was 26,551, a significant decrease from the previous year.

In addition, from January to September 2020, the authorities reviewed a total of 29,547 applications for international asylum protection, and approximately 21% of refugees received supplementary protection or refugee status.

  On the other hand, a survey report of the Italian National Institute of Statistics shows that a total of 180,000 people immigrated from Italy to other countries in 2019, an increase of 4% over 10 years ago.

Three quarters of them are Italian citizens, about 122,000.

The most popular immigration country for Italians is the United Kingdom, with approximately 31,000; Germany ranks second with approximately 19,000; in addition, there are approximately 13,000 in France, approximately 10,000 in Switzerland, and 6,000 in Spain.

(Huang Xin)