Number of unauthorized immigrants in Italy has been increasing Range for the estimated number of unauthorized immigrants in thousands living in Italy, 2014-2017
An estimated 500,000 to 700,000 unauthorized immigrants lived in Italy in 2017, up from 300,000 to 500,000 in 2014, according to new Pew Research Center estimates based on the latest available data. The 2017 estimate includes 152,000 asylum seekers who were waiting for a decision on their case at the end of that year.
Number of unauthorized immigrants in  | Italy has been increasing  | Range for the estimated number of unauthorized  | immigrants in thousands living in Italy, 2014-2017  | 700  | 600  | 600  | High estimate  | 500  | 500  | Low estimate  | 400  | 300  | 300  | 2016  | 2017  | 2014  | 2015  | Note: All numbers are rounded; see Methodology for rounding rules.  | The total waiting number of unauthorized immigrants includes asylum  | seekers waiting for a decision on their case. Low and high estimates  | indicate the range of estimates based on various methodological  | approaches.  | Source: Pew Research Center estimates based on Eurostat and  | European labor force survey data.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 