But there are many more who were born in Italy though.
Italy doesn't give citizenship very easily so refugees only use it as a resting stop to go to other places. A lot of somalis left in the late 80s and early 90s too.
You asked why you didn't see them on a visit, I told you that there are plenty but they don't congregate and many live in smaller towns and are married to Italians.
That's interesting, would you say that they live in clusters together like they do in UK, US etc? From what you've described they don't seem to like non westernized somalis