Increase in number of graduates leaving Italy - ISTAT

(ANSA) - Rome, December 13 - ISTAT said Thursday that 28,000 Italian graduates moved abroad in 2017, an increase of 4% with respect to 2016. The overall immigration flow, including Italians returning home, amounted to over 343,000 people last year, a 14% increase over the previous year, the statistics agency said.
    "The most consistent flows, although declining, were those of Romanian citizens (43,000; -3.9%), followed by Nigerians (23,000; + 58.4%) and Moroccans (16,000: +7.1%). Immigrations both of Chinese (11,000) and Indians citizens (8,000) decreased (-9% and -22.6% respectively)," ISTAT said.