Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni plans to introduce a burqa and niqab ban in the country’s schools, alongside a cap on the number of foreign students allowed in each classroom.
What Meloni is proposing
The measures would prohibit pupils from wearing burqas or niqabs at school. Meloni also wants to limit how many students from outside Italy can be placed in a single class.
The proposals come as her government looks ahead to Italy’s election next year. Meloni is seeking to strengthen her popularity before voters return to the polls, with immigration and integration once again serving as reliably convenient political material.
Further details about how the restrictions would operate or when they might take effect were not included in the announcement.
