Figures & data
Table 1. Key policy actions throughout four recent time periods of Italian migration governance.
Figure 1. Quotas for non-EU migrant workers (Decreto Flussi). Sources: ISPI and Ministry of Interior.
![Figure 1. Quotas for non-EU migrant workers (Decreto Flussi). Sources: ISPI and Ministry of Interior.](/cms/asset/dc9754d9-f255-4fc0-b571-6ea12e398e81/cjms_a_1853907_f0001_oc.jpg)
Figure 3. Immigration policy and salience of selected Italian parties, 2006–2017.
Notes: Polk et al. (Citation2017). Each score represents average response of 15 experts on 0–10 scale. Source: Polk et al. (Citation2017).
![Figure 3. Immigration policy and salience of selected Italian parties, 2006–2017.Notes: Polk et al. (Citation2017). Each score represents average response of 15 experts on 0–10 scale. Source: Polk et al. (Citation2017).](/cms/asset/84892ef6-7a7a-4c35-aa04-c948cb1205b1/cjms_a_1853907_f0003_oc.jpg)
Figure 4. Italian and EU attitudes to immigration from outside the EU and other EU member states.
Notes: Eurobarometer, 2014–2019. All 28 EU member states surveyed. ‘Please tell me whether each of the following statements evokes a positive or negative feeling for you. Immigration of people from other EU Member States / Immigration of people from outside the EU’. Net positivity = Very positive + Fairly positive − Fairly negative − Very negative.
![Figure 4. Italian and EU attitudes to immigration from outside the EU and other EU member states.Notes: Eurobarometer, 2014–2019. All 28 EU member states surveyed. ‘Please tell me whether each of the following statements evokes a positive or negative feeling for you. Immigration of people from other EU Member States / Immigration of people from outside the EU’. Net positivity = Very positive + Fairly positive − Fairly negative − Very negative.](/cms/asset/0f4b3a11-e5f5-4623-b1d0-614e8d9caf77/cjms_a_1853907_f0004_ob.jpg)
Figure 5. The salience of immigration amongst Italian and European citizens and the national and European Parliament election vote shares of Lega Nord, 2008–2019.
Notes: Eurobarometer, 2009–2019. All 28 EU member states surveyed. Around 1000 respondents per member state. What do you think are the two most important issues facing (our country/the EU) at the moment?
![Figure 5. The salience of immigration amongst Italian and European citizens and the national and European Parliament election vote shares of Lega Nord, 2008–2019.Notes: Eurobarometer, 2009–2019. All 28 EU member states surveyed. Around 1000 respondents per member state. What do you think are the two most important issues facing (our country/the EU) at the moment?](/cms/asset/40398d46-ae15-4b41-b3b5-00937c0ac3c9/cjms_a_1853907_f0005_ob.jpg)
Table 2. Regional variation in attitudes to immigration, Europe and democracy.