The number of Italians who moved abroad rose by more than 6 percent last year, according to new figures released Thursday that set off a debate about the root causes of the exodus.

A report by the Italian Catholic Bishops Conference's Migrant Foundation, citing official government statistics, put the net number of Italian emigrants last year at 107,529, with young adults between the ages of 18 and 34 comprising more than one-third of the total.

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