Italy to ban veils in schools, limit foreign students per class, Meloni says
- 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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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said he would soon propose to the government a measure that would limit the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in schools. The proposal was made at an event of the youth wing of her Brothers of Italy party, the AP and Reuters reported. According to both agencies, Meloni also said that parents of foreign students who experience serious difficulties adapting to th…
Integration is a key election issue in Italy ahead of the parliamentary elections to be held next year.
Italy to ban burqas, niqabs in schools
Italy will ban burqas and niqabs in schools and limit the number of foreign students per class, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday. Italy is a frontline country for migration, and integration is a major campaign issue ahead of a general election next year. "A measure will soon be presented to a cabinet meeting to legally establish a maximum number of foreign students per class," Meloni told a gathering of the youth wing of her …
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Integration is a key election issue in Italy ahead of the parliamentary elections to be held next year.
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