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Marcela Gola Boutros

Marcela Gola Boutros is master’s student in Migrations, Inter-ethnicity and Transnationalism at School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal. Her ongoing research focus is on the access to higher education among international protection holders and asylum seekers in Europe.

The Refugees’ Tsunami In Italy Turns Out To Be Just A Ripple

Let’s face the truth about immigration in Italy: the country is not overloaded by millions of refugees. In fact, the majority of people who arrived

‘Some Bloody Immigrants Think They Should Get All The Perks’

Marcela Gola Boutros

According to the latest figures of Italy’s National Institute for Statistics (ISTAT), 184,638 non-EU citizens acquired Italian citizenship in 2016. Of these 5,799 were Brazilians,