Italy to Ban School Veils and Cap Foreign Students per Class at 11.6%
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Updated · CBS New York · Sep 21
Italy to Ban School Veils and Cap Foreign Students per Class at 11.6%
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Sep 21
Summary
Giorgia Meloni said Italy will soon send to cabinet a measure banning burqas and niqabs in schools and setting a legal ceiling on foreign students in each class.
Meloni framed the plan as an integration fix, arguing that when too many pupils do not understand Italian, schools risk "neglect" rather than helping children learn the language quickly.
The proposal would also require parents of foreign students with serious integration difficulties to learn Italian, extending the policy beyond classroom composition alone.
Foreign students make up 11.6% of Italy's school population, and Meloni did not say what per-class cap her government would impose.
The announcement underscores how migration and the integration of newcomers from Muslim-majority countries remain a central fault line in Italian politics.