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Italy to ban burkas in schools, with 30% cap on pupils with poor Italian

Italy has passed a decree banning face coverings in all schools and capping the proportion of newly arrived foreign pupils with insufficient Italian at 30 per cent per class from the next school year, the government in Rome said on Friday. The government said the 30 per cent quota applies in primary school to children who do not hold Italian citizenship, were not born in Italy and have not…

Italy to ban burkas in schools, with 30% cap on pupils with poor Italian

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