page_title: Romanians in Italy
hierarchical_section_title: Romanians in Italy
caption_attribution_description: English: Romanian market in Italy
context_page_description: Romanians in Italy became a significant population after 1999, due to a large wave of emigration known in Romania as Fenomenul migrației către UE. 80% of Romanian emigrants went to Spain or Italy, whose national languages are Romance languages like Romanian. They were followed by another wave beginning in 2002, when Romanian citizens obtained the right to move to any Schengen Zone country without a visa. In 2007 Romania joined the European Union, further increasing the economic and political ties between the countries.
  As of 2019, there were 1,207,000 Romanian citizens living in Italy, the largest Romanian immigrant population in any country as well as the largest immigrant group within Italy. A further 150,021 Moldovans, most of whom also speak Romanian, were also living in Italy.
context_section_description: Romanians in Italy (Romanian: românii din Italia; Italian: romeni in Italia or rumeni in Italia) became a significant population after 1999, due to a large wave of emigration known in Romania as Fenomenul migrației către UE (the phenomenon of migration toward the European Union). 80% of Romanian emigrants went to Spain or Italy, whose national languages are Romance languages like Romanian. They were followed by another wave beginning in 2002, when Romanian citizens obtained the right to move to any Schengen Zone country without a visa. In 2007 Romania joined the European Union, further increasing the economic and political ties between the countries. 
  As of 2019, there were 1,207,000 Romanian citizens living in Italy, the largest Romanian immigrant population in any country as well as the largest immigrant group within Italy. A further 150,021 Moldovans, most of whom also speak Romanian, were also living in Italy.
caption: A Romanian market in Monza (2011)
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