The United Kingdom draws the
highest number of Italian immigrants in Europe, Italy's
statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Tuesday.
Some 17.1% of Italian migrants pick the UK, followed by
Germany with 16.9%, Switzerland with 11.2% and France with
10.6%, ISTAT said in its report on international and internal
migration trends.
An increasing number of Italian university graduates over 25
years of age leave the country, a reported 23,000 in 2015, up
13% on the previous year, according to the report.
Emigration however has also increased among Italians with a
lower secondary degree, with 52,000 such migrants reported in
2015, up 9% on 2014, ISTAT said.
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