Data shows FOREIGNERS disproportionately represented in Italy’s rising crime rates Despite making up only nine percent of Italy’s population, foreign nationals account for over a third of all arrests – with rates soaring to 69 percent of pickpocketing cases, 61 percent of burglaries and 43 percent of sexual assaults. A 2011 study found that undocumented migrants – just 5.6 percent of Italy’s foreign population – commit 70 percent of immigrant-linked crimes, driven by economic desperation and lack of legal status. Crime rates spike in high-immigration areas like Prato (62 percent foreign arrests), Milan (55.8 percent) and Florence (56 percent), with border regions…

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