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Italy to ban veils in schools, limit foreign students per class, Meloni says
Meloni said 11.6% of Italy’s schoolchildren are foreigners and argued that classrooms need more integration and face coverings should be barred.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced plans to ban face coverings in schools and cap the number of foreign students per class during a youth event organized by her Brothers party.
- Italy remains exposed to Mediterranean migrant arrivals, making migration a persistent challenge for successive governments. Meloni used the platform to emphasize her right-wing credentials on immigration policy.
- Non-Italian citizens currently account for 11.6% of enrollment in Italian schools, or nearly 12 in every 100 students, according to research institution Fondazione ISMU.
- The proposed legislation requires parents of foreign students struggling to integrate to learn Italian. "In Italy no one, in the name of a real or supposed tradition, can decide that a young woman must hide herself," Meloni said.
- Debates over religious symbols and cultural integration frequently polarize Italian society. Meloni argued that high concentrations of non-Italian speakers in classrooms constitute "neglect" rather than integration, justifying the Cabinet measure.
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Italy's female Prime Minister is preparing to propose legislation banning female students from wearing face coverings in schools and will also limit the number of foreign students in each classroom.
<p>Meloni wants to ban the burqa and niqab in schools and limit the number of foreign students in Italy The Italian government plans to ban the burqa and niqab in schools and limit the number of foreign students in the classrooms. Currently, the percentage is not have defined.</p>
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