Le migrazioni dall’Europa-Centro Orientale all’Italia: una storia al femminile

Immigration from Balkan Third Countries, despite the diversity of reasons (political, economic and / or family), are attributable to a specific international migration model with traditional gender characteristics. Migrations from the former Soviet republics instead has presented different and new features. The predominance of the female bread-winners component although is not an absolute novelty, assumes specific demographic connotations highlighted in the article. The Ukrainian, Moldovan and Russian women arrived in the last twenty years in Italy are not very young and have frequently dependent children. These women are often permanent immigrants and even in the years of economic crisis this kind of presence has led to a significant flow of family reunifications.