Before Italy tightened its citizenship rules, applicants were booking flights and signing leases on the strength of a government campaign urging them to connect with their roots.
Rebecca Ann Hughes - news@thelocal.it
Updated: Fri 24 Jul 2026 10:33 CET
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The government promoted tourism connecting Italy's diaspora with their ancestral homeland - before ending their right to citizenship. Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP.
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