Emigration away is big problem for
southern Italy and the arrival of immigrants is not
compensating, according to a report by the Svimez institute,
excerpts of which were released in advance on Thursday.
It said that over two million people left Italy's southern
regions between 2002 and 2017.
It said that 132,187 upped sticks from the south in 2017
alone, including 66,557 young people, 33% of whom were
graduates.
The institute said it saw little sign of the trend being
reversed in the near future.
"The gradual slowdown of the Italian economy has reopened the
territorial fracture," it said.
"This is set to plunge the south back into a recession that
it emerged from too slowly".
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