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Italians Abroad: AIRE, Emigration, Oriundi and New Mobilities

Over 6.4 million Italian citizens live abroad and are registered in the AIRE, but the Italian diaspora is far larger. This article distinguishes between those who emigrated from Italy, those born abroad, and the oriundi — people of Italian descent — tracing migration from the Middle Ages to contemporary departures. From medieval merchants to Little Italy neighbourhoods, from mutual aid societies to new European mobility, the story is one of family networks, labour, identity and memory.

Italians around the world: beyond AIRE, migration, descendants and new mobility
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