Why young Italians are leaving in droves

More than a million Italians have left in the past 10 years, a third of them aged 25 to 34. Photo: AFP

Billie Fusto is not after a fat pay cheque: he is training to be an archivist and wants nothing more than “a quiet life” at home in Italy.

But like tens of thousands of other young Italian graduates, the 24-year-old fears he has little choice but to emigrate.