In 2016 124,076 people emigrated from Italy, an increase of 15.4% with respect to 2015, the Migrantes association said in a report on Tuesday. It said over 39% of those leaving the country were aged between 18 and 34, an increase of 23.3%.
The Italians in the World report (Rapporto Italiani nel Mondo 2017) said that 9.7% were "unemployed without hope" aged between 50 and 64.
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