Italian agency claims research shows migrants are responsible for almost 50% of violent sex attacks in Italy – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Italian agency claims research shows migrants are responsible for almost 50% of violent sex attacks in Italy




Italy appears to have a very serious problem with migrants over the past number of years and judging by new data, things aren’t going to change any time soon.

Data released by the Italian statistics agency ISTAT has shown that almost half of violent sex attacks and rapes recorded in the country are committed by migrants.

ISAT statistics revealed that around 42 per cent of the violent sex crimes against women in Italy are committed by foreigners, with non-European Union citizens representing a significant portion of sex attackers Il Giornale reports.

It was found that since 2018, reveal that there were 4,802 violent sex attacks that year and that 2,009 of them involved foreign attackers and the proportion of foreign sex attacker is exceptionally high compared to the foreign share of the Italian population, which is approximately 8.6 per cent the Italian national newspaper goes on to note.

Most of the foreigners engaging in sex attacks in Italy are non-European migrants with Nigerians and Moroccans making up the largest numbers of foreign rapists and sex attackers.

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