Over the past few years, some four million refugees have
arrived in Italy from countries outside the EU such as Albania and other parts
of Eastern Europe, North Africa, China, South Asia, and the Philippines.
Research shows asylum seekers and refugees arriving in Italy
from outside the European Union provide enough social contributions to finance 600,000 annual pensions in Italy.
According to figures non-EU asylum seekers or refugees paid
some eight billion euros into the country’s welfare coffers in 2014, while only
taking three billion euros out of pensions and other benefits. Refugees were
responsible for establishing nearly one in five or 18% of new companies
registered in the country in 2014. The research concluded that non-EU refugees
contributed 6.8 billion euros in income tax and were proportionately more
likely to register for value-added tax payment in comparison with any other
community in the society.
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