A quote from the Italian press agency ANSA, 2 October 2007

The number of foreigners living in Italy rose by 10% to reach almost three million last year, according national statistics bureau Istat. Figures also confirmed that foreign couples tended to have more children than Italian ones, with the result that for every 10 babies born in Italy, one now has foreign parents.

[…] The recently formed New Italians Immigrants’ Party greeted the Istat statistics by calling for political representation for the foreign population. “Now that the ‘New Italians’ have reached three million politicians cannot continue to ignore their needs,” said President Mustapha Mansouri.