The issue of immigrants in Italy: a rational model of immigration management by Italian municipalities

Table 1 Immigration trends 2015–2016 in Italy (Regional level)

Region	Year	Immigrants hosted in SPRAR facilities	Arrivals^a	Expulsions^b
Lombardia	2015	13,894	19,999	8588
	2016	23,163	23,587	14,318
Lazio	2015	12,670	11,077	9390
	2016	14,780	13,063	10,953
Veneto	2015	8242	13,538	6397
	2016	13,630	15,966	10,578
Piemonte	2015	7941	11,692	4324
	2016	14,069	13,789	7661
Campania	2015	8129	12,154	4463
	2016	14,501	14,333	7961
Sicilia	2015	7905	13,077	5620
	2016	13,634	15,422	9693
Toscana	2015	7203	10,307	4003
	2016	12,444	12,156	6915
Emilia-Romagna	2015	6528	10,615	3126
	2016	12,880	12,519	6167
Puglia	2015	6424	11,384	4394
	2016	11,788	13,426	8062
Calabria	2015	4068	6154	2347
	2016	7182	7257	4143
Liguria	2015	3659	4000	1758
	2016	5658	4717	2718
Sardegna	2015	3247	4308	1696
	2016	5470	5080	2857
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	2015	2730	4923	1928
	2016	5003	5806	3533
Marche	2015	2907	5231	2913
	2016	4533	6169	4543
Abruzzo	2015	2064	2769	898
	2016	3714	3266	1616
Molise	2015	2020	3385	1602
	2016	3353	3992	2659
Umbria	2015	1828	3077	1327
	2016	3162	3629	2295
Basilicata	2015	1669	1385	521
	2016	2516	1633	786
Trentino-Alto Adige	2015	1413	1692	314
	2016	2789	1996	620
Valle d’Aosta	2015	209	3077	2429
	2016	304	3629	3534
Tot.	2015	104,750	153,842	66,972
	2016	174,573	181,436	111,613

^aThis category includes all immigrants who were relocated either to Centri di Prima Accoglienza or to SPRAR facilities
^bThis category includes all immigrants who failed to obtain the status of refugee and were subsequently expelled, either from Centri di Prima Accoglienza or from SPRAR facilities. Immigrants who successfully managed to relocate to another country are also included in this category
Source: Italian Ministry of Interior, 2016