The migratory flow by Sardinians does not stop, but changes face. It is not just a matter of moving from the inside towards the coasts or the main cities, but a real movement to leave the island.
What used to be called the "donut" phenomenon no longer exists. "It was a definition given a few years ago by sociologists and researchers, according to which the countries of the internal area of Sardinia were depopulated because the residents tended to go and live along the coasts - explains Mauro Carta , 48 years old from Gesico to L'Unione Sarda president of the regional center of emigration immigration Acli Sardegna -. Those coastal centers acted as attractors with their opportunities, such as employment. Today, on the other hand, the island has many municipalities that also deal with emigration on the coasts ”.
This is one of the effects that will be explained and deepened tomorrow May 28 in Iglesias (at 9.30 at the municipal cultural center in via Cattaneo 82) on the occasion of the presentation of the " Annual emigration report " drawn up by the Regional Emigration-Immigration Center of the ACLI.
Stefano Corda of the Mutual Aid Industrial Workers' Society will speak; Giuseppe Dessì of the Federation of Sardinian Emigration Associations (Faes); Mauro Carta and Marco Sideri of Crei-Acli Sardinia; Nicola Corda, Alberto Sechi (Mutual Aid Industrial Worker Society), Pierpaolo Cicalò (Fernando Santi Institute) and the mayors of Carbonia and Iglesias Pietro Morittu and Mauro Usai. Some Sardinian emigrants from Europe, the Americas and Australia will be connected by videoconference.
Between depopulation of the territory and actual emigration there are points in common but also differences: "They are two events - says Mauro Carta - which occur simultaneously".
What are their characteristics?
"Small municipalities are depopulated because over time they have lost basic services for what we can define a good standard of living, such as health care, post offices, banks, schools, or the family doctor who for an increasingly elderly population who needs proximity services is a key figure. And again the small shops that sell bread or groceries, and the same bars that have often been real centers of aggregation in the towns ”.
