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Meloni proposes cap on foreign students, niqab and burqa ban in schools

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Italy's PM Meloni proposes face covering ban in schools. Plan also limits foreign students per classroom. Parents of non-integrated foreign students must learn Italian.

Italy is preparing to restrict face coverings such as burqas and niqabs in schools and limit the number of foreign students in each classroom, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni indicated during a youth programme organised by her party on Sunday.

The proposed measures are being viewed in the context of Meloni’s right-wing political image. Italy, due to its location in the Mediterranean, is among the European countries that receive a large number of migrants, making immigration a major issue for successive governments.