In Sardinia the lowest incidence of foreign births. Down the requests for Italian citizenship
The Istat report on foreigners, births are concentrated in regions with more advanced integration processesThe number of foreigners who acquire Italian citizenship is decreasing throughout Italy. The lowest drop was recorded in Sardinia (from +5.5% in 2019 to +5.3% in 2021) .
The lowest incidence of foreign births (4.4%) is also on the island , while the highest is in Emilia-Romagna (24.0%). This is what emerges from the Istat report "Resident foreigners and new citizens: demographic characteristics and territorial distribution - year 2021".
The birth rate of the foreign resident population as a whole is 11.2%. The primacy is held by Veneto (13.0%), followed by Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste and Emilia-Romagna with 12.9%. In Sardinia the lowest value (7.4%).
The births of children to both foreign parents are concentrated in the regions where not only is the foreign presence more widespread and rooted , but where the integration processes are also more advanced : in the North-East (20.6% of total births) and in the North-West (20.1%).
At the national level, the natural growth rate stands at 9.2% (or 9.2 per 1000 inhabitants) and varies from +11.3% in Veneto to +5.3%, in fact, in Sardinia.
The decrease in the natural component is found markedly in the autonomous provinces of Bolzano/Bozen and Trento , which from 2019 to 2021 both went from 13% to 10%.
(Unioneonline/D)