Filipino Italians
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Filipino Italians
OR:
Filipino Italians on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Filipino Italians are
Italians , flag = , flag_caption = The national flag of Italy , population = , regions = Italy 55,551,000 , region1 = Brazil , pop1 = 25–33 million , ref1 = , region2 ...
who are either migrants or descendants of migrants from the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
. Filipinos form the fifth-largest migrant community in Italy, after the
Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language ** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...
,
Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
n,
North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
n communities and Ukrainians. Italy is with the UK also the joint largest European migration destination for Filipinos. The Italian capital
Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...
and the city of
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
is home to the largest Filipino community. Roughly 108,000 documented Filipinos reside in Italy as temporary workers or permanent residents, and estimates on the number of undocumented Filipinos vary widely from 20,000 to 80,000. In 2008, ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica), Italy’s statistics office, reported that there were 113,686 documented Filipinos living in Italy whereas the number had been 105,675 in 2007.


Filipinos today

63% of Filipino Italians are women, and they mostly work as domestic assistants. The Filipino
Department of Labor and Employment The Department of Labor and Employment ( fil, Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleyo}, commonly abbreviated as DOLE) is one of the executive departments of the Philippine government mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, an ...
(DOLE) says that Italy allows 5000 non-seasonal/regular workers, up from 3000 in 2007. The DOLE said that the change was "a sign of appreciation of the good bilateral cooperation with the Philippines in migratory issues." There are approximately 60 Filipino organisations in Italy, most of which are church-based, although there are several cultural and civic groups as well. One of such groups is the Filipino Women's Council with the aim of educating Filipino women migrants about their rights and lobbying on their behalf. In 2007, Italy gave Filipinos with a Filipino driver's license a free Italian driver's license.


Remittances

In 2007, Filipinos in Italy sent the equivalent of
US$ The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official ...
500 million back to the Philippines, making it the fourth-largest source of remittances after the
U.S. The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
,
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
and
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
. The town of Mabini in
Batangas Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( tl, Lalawigan ng Batangas ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and La ...
has extensively benefited from Italian Filipinos; the town has the most former residents living abroad than any other Filipino town or city. Most of those living abroad work in Italy, and a section of Mabini today that has large homes built from remittance money is named "Little Italy". However, due to the economic slump in 2008, remittance money from Italy grew at a much slower pace than usual.; Arnaldo Mauri, ''Remittances from Italy to developing countries'', Quaderni n. 12, 1996, Abstrac

/ref>


Notable Filipinos in Italy

*
Marwin Angeles Marwin Janver Malinay Angeles (born 9 January 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder in the Philippines national team. He is currently free of any contract. Born in Venice, Italy to Filipino parents, Angeles spent his y ...
, footballer *
Simone Rota Simone Mondiali Rota (born November 6, 1984) is a Filipino footballer who plays as a defender or a midfielder for Philippines Football League club Kaya-Iloilo. Early life Rota was left in an orphanage of Buklod Kalinga run by Franciscan sist ...
, footballer (1984) *
Dennis Villanueva Dennis Jaramel Villanueva (born April 28, 1992) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a left back for Thai League 1 club PT Prachuap and the Philippines national team. Born in Rome to Filipino parents, he ...
, footballer (1992) *
Celeste Cortesi Silvia Celeste Rabimbi Cortesi (; ; born December 15, 1997) is a Filipino-Italian model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2022. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2022 competit ...
,
Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Miss Universe Philippines 2022 was the third edition of the Miss Universe Philippines pageant. The coronation night was held on April 30, 2022, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Metro Manila, Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. ...
(1997) *
Brandon Vera Brandon Michael Vera (born October 10, 1977), or also known by his ring name as The Truth, is a Filipino-American (of Italian heritage) retired mixed martial artist where he was the inaugural ONE Heavyweight Champion and the 2005 WEC Heavyweigh ...
, former ONE Heavyweight World Champion (1977)


See also

* ''Milan'' (2004 film) * I.T.A.L.Y. (2008 film) * Italy–Philippines relations


References


External links


Official Filipino Italian website
{{Immigration to Italy Ethnic groups in Italy
Italia Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
Asian diaspora in Italy