1. Malaga meeting 24-28 March 2014
Liceo “Augusto” contribution

2. • Immigrants form over 10 % of inhabitants
in Rome and outlying areas.
• The majority are female and from
European countries.
• 22.7 % of immigrants come from Asia, 13 %
from Latin America, 12.8 % from Africa.
Immigrants from central and eastern
Europe are the largest group.
• Of a total 181 nationalities, 22.3 % are
Romanian, 9.1 % Filippino, and 6 % are
Polish.
• Children form 19.4 % of immigrants living
in the Rome area and 6.7 % of
schoolchildren.
• More immigrant children are enrolled in
senior schools than junior or elementary
schools and more attend “Licei” than
technical and professional institutes.
• Immigrants make up 10 % of workers and
are playing an important role in the
economy of the capital.
• Most immigrants are employed as home
helps, in the hotel and restaurant trade
and in the building sector.
• There were also 12,739 immigrant
business owners and 4,384 in 2007.
Around half were shopkeepers, and one-
quarter were builders.
(adnkronos: A report from Caritas, 2014.)

3. • The Islamic Cultural Center was
created in 1966.
• The Great Mosque of Rome was built
by an Italian architect, Paolo
Portoghesi.
• The idea was to create a place of
worship for all the Muslim
immigrants in Italy.
• Rome is a perfect example of
peaceful co-existence between
different religions.
• It is the center of the Catholic
religion, with St. Peter’s Basilica.
• The Jewish religion, with the oldest
Jewish community in the world and
• The Muslim have their Mosque.
• It’s a model to export all of over
Europe.
• We interview Mr. Redouane, the
Secretary General of the Islamic
Cultural Center .

4. • Yu Ruijue was born in Rui'an, in China,
• She moved in Italy when she was only 3.
• She attended Liceo “Augusto” high school.
• She is now studying electronic Engineering at
University.
• She told us about the weight of the double identity
she has carried with her since she was a little girl.
• It turned out to be a great resource, also thanks to
her friends.
• They helped her to find a balance between her two
worlds.
• Her dream is to go back to China to visit her
relatives.
• She wants to spend her life and to make a career in
Europe .

5. • They arrived in Europe in 14th
century and
were abused and persecuted from the
beginning.
• The first community came to Italy in 1422.
• There are about 200.000 gypsies.
• 70.000 of them are Sinti and live in nomad
camps.
• 10.000 Sinti live in Rome or nearby.
• Interviewing the psychologist of the
association “Opera Nomadi Nazionale” we
got to know some features of their
culture.
• They are not able to plan out their future:
they live “here and now”.
• They hate repetitive work.
• In “Romanes” the word WORK doesn’t exist.
The word THING indicates the result of work
and not the work itself.
• The head of a gypsy family is always a man.
• In Sinti clans also women have a big
influence in decision making
• Their importance is in proportion to the
number of children they give birth to.
• In Rom‘s clans, instead, women are
submissive to their husbands.

6. One of the places which represents
the most Rome’s multiethnic nature
is the new market on Esquilino hill,
near Piazza Vittorio. Originally, it was
an open space market which used to
occupy almost the entire surface of
Piazza
Vittorio. In 2001, it has been moved
to a nearby closed area, where it’s
kept cleaner than before. It was -
and still is - the meeting point for all
non European people. On its stands
you can find products from all over
the world, customers are both non-
Europeans looking for the flavours
that characterize their home country
and even Italians eager to try some
new food. Thus, the market is the
place which favours multicultural
exchange and interaction here in
Rome.

7. One of the places which represents
the most Rome’s multiethnic nature
is the new market on Esquilino hill,
near Piazza Vittorio. Originally, it was
an open space market which used to
occupy almost the entire surface of
Piazza
Vittorio. In 2001, it has been moved
to a nearby closed area, where it’s
kept cleaner than before. It was -
and still is - the meeting point for all
non European people. On its stands
you can find products from all over
the world, customers are both non-
Europeans looking for the flavours
that characterize their home country
and even Italians eager to try some
new food. Thus, the market is the
place which favours multicultural
exchange and interaction here in
Rome.