Maltese Migration in Tunisian Coastal Towns (1836-1844)
by Arnold Cassola, published by Morrone Editore, 2020
Migration is a hot topic these days, but individuals and communities have criss-crossed the Mediterranean since time immemorial. Malta’s disproportionate ratio between population and territory resulted from waves of immigrants over time, but it became a point of departure in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Arnold Cassola has been delving into social and demographic relations between Malta and Sicily, tracing Maltese immigrants in Trapani, Pachino, Siracusa, Vittoria and Scoglitti, spotlighting sporadic periods from 1419 to 1846. In this book, he looks towards the West coast of North Africa.