Analysis of migration and depopulation in Sardinia: appointment to Cortoghiana

In order to discuss and debate on the issue of emigration, immigration and depopulation in the territory of Sardinia, ACLI provincial Cagliari in collaboration with CREI, IARES, Circolo ACLI Cortoghiana and the Sacred Heart Parish of Cortoghiana, organize a conference to present the research: “Analysis of migration and depopulation”. In particular, It will be deepened the situation of Sulcis.

The Conference will take place Monday 18 May to Cortoghiana pm 17, at the parish hall in Piazza Venezia.

The research presentation, conducted by Dr.. Mauro Charter, It will begin with a careful analysis of change that affects the flow of migrants today than the migration of the past, where the movement from the south to the north allowed millions of people to aspire to increasing job opportunities with the transition from being a farm laborer to that of workers in specialized industries.

To date the numbers change, the goals and the protagonists of demographic transitions; are young people who have high academic qualifications to build careers and personal out of the dynamics of the Sardinian territory. The progressive removal of our young decrees, in fact, a phenomenon that becomes stable and worrisome in terms of deprivation of their human capital before production.

Along with the aging of the population, consequently, the low birth rate, Sardinia is now part of a process of demographic decline of the area that will bring with it a situation of major social unrest.

Given the premises, it is important that migration encounters the phenomenon of immigration and welcome him as a normal factor, structural and, as stated by the World Organisation for Migration as a factor in improving human development, capable of bridging forces and minds that the territory of Sardinia is losing.

The Conference will be, also, opportunity to reflect on the difficulties that the population of Sardinia meets in the hall in the labor market, the reasons that revolve around the decision to an increasing proportion of young people to emigrate, in Italy, in Europe and in the world in comparison with the statistics of those who chose our land as the country of arrival.

The evening will conclude with a debate, where participants will discuss the issues related to migration and immigration, change and the opportunities associated with it.

The event is free.