“We Import Poverty” – Italian Newspaper Argues That Foreigners Are Impoverishing Italy After New Data Published
18th October 2025
New data shows that foreigners account for a substantial share of people living in absolute poverty in Italy, even as the poverty rates of families with two Italian parents drops. One director of La Verita newspaper, Maurizio Belpietro, has run an opinion piece in his newspaper lamenting that Italy is “importing poverty.”