onda ▁- ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁large ▁community ▁of ▁Tun is ian ▁It ali ans ▁living ▁there . ▁ ▁It ali ans ▁in ▁Lib ya ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁initial ▁Italian ▁object ives ▁in ▁Lib ya ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁relief ▁of ▁over pop ulation ▁and ▁un emp loyment ▁in ▁Italy ▁through ▁em igration ▁to ▁the ▁und e velop ed ▁col ony . ▁With ▁security ▁established , ▁system atic ▁" dem ographic ▁colon ization " ▁was ▁encourag ed ▁by ▁M uss ol ini ' s ▁government . ▁A ▁project ▁initi ated ▁by ▁Lib ya ' s ▁governor , ▁Ital o ▁Bal bo , ▁brought ▁the ▁first ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁sett lers ▁– ▁the ▁Vent im ili ▁– ▁to ▁Lib ya ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁con voy ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 3 8 . ▁More ▁sett lers ▁followed ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁there ▁were ▁approximately ▁ 1 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁It ali ans ▁in ▁Lib ya , ▁const itut ing ▁about ▁ 1 2 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁population . ▁Pl ans ▁en vision ed ▁an ▁Italian ▁col ony ▁of ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁sett lers ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁Lib ya ' s ▁best ▁land ▁was ▁allocated ▁to ▁the ▁sett lers ▁to ▁be ▁brought ▁under ▁product ive ▁cultiv ation , ▁primarily ▁in ▁o live ▁gro ves . ▁S ett lement ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁a ▁state ▁corpor ation , ▁the