Italy: Meloni plans foreigner quota and headscarf ban in schools
The Italian Prime Minister wants to ban burqas and nikabs in schools - and limit the number of foreign students per class. She will present a measure to the cabinet.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni plans to ban face veils in schools and limit the number of foreign students per class. The proposed law aims to prohibit Burkas and Nikabs in schools, with Meloni stating that students must attend school with their faces uncovered. She also wants parents of foreign students who struggle with integration to learn Italian, citing that a single student who doesn't understand the language can quickly learn, but a large number of students who don't understand it would hinder integration.
Currently, around 12 out of 100 students in Italy are not Italian citizens, according to the Fondazione ISMU research institute.
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