(ANSA) - Rome, September 18 - The OECD said in its Migration
Outlook on Wednesday that the number of people to make asylum
applications in Italy dropped by half to around 53,000 in 2018.
It said most of the applicants came from Pakistan, Nigeria
and Bangladesh.
It said that 6.1 million people resident in Italy were born
abroad, 10% of the population.
The OECD said 172,000 Italians emigrated to OECD countries in
2018, a drop of 0.2%, with 30% going to Germany, 16.7% to Spain
and 11.1% to the United Kingdom.
Asylum applications in Italy down-OECD
10% of Italy's resident population was born abroad - report