Moroccans are largest foreign community in italy

With 131,406 souls, the Moroccan expatriates settled in Italy form the largest foreign community in the European peninsula, the Italian press said. The number of Moroccan expatriates in Italy increased between 1996 and 1998 by 39 percent. They presently account for 10.6% of the foreign community living in Italy.

The Albanians come second with 83,807 souls, ie. 6.8 % of all foreigners in Italy.