Asylum permits issued by Italy
hit a record of more than 101,000 in 2017, ISTAT said Wednesday.
This was 38.5% of the total number of all permits issued in
Italy, the statistics agency said.
That total was 262,770, 16% up on 2016, it said.
Asylum seekers mostly come from Nigeria, Pakistan and
Bangladesh, which account for 41% of the total entry flows.
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