Antichi legami e nuove destinazioni: l’emigrazione ligure

In the broader frame of the study of Italian emigration, this essay deals with the emigration processes from the Regione Liguria, focusing on their history as well as on their current features. Looking back at the past of Ligurian emigration, the essay pays specific attention to the migratory flows from the Eastern part of the Province of Genova towards many Countries of South America, Argentina in particular. As for the current emigration, besides an analysis of general secondary data, also original data are presented with regard to the citizens leaving the City of Genova. A paragraph shows original data related to outgoing and incoming mobility flows of students, from and to the University of Genova in last ten years, as an example of short-term, short-range international mobility.