ROME: Italy will ban burqas and niqabs in schools and limit the number of foreign students per class, far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Sunday (Sep 20).Italy is a frontline country for migrati

Giorgia Meloni said Italy will propose a school ban on burqas and niqabs, cap foreign students per class, and require some parents to learn Italian. The move places schools at the centre of her government's tougher push on migration, language and integration.

Italy plans to ban face veils in schools and limit foreign students per class to improve integration and language learning, says PM Giorgia Meloni. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Giorgia Meloni has proposed capping foreign students in classrooms and banning burqas and niqabs in schools. The plan sharpens her migration agenda and now faces parliamentary scrutiny before becoming law.

Meloni told the youth wing of her nationalist conservative Brothers of Italy party that the measure would also make Italian language lessons compulsory for parents of foreign students having "serious difficulties integrating into the school system."

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she’ll soon introduce a measure to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban face burqas and niqabs in schools.

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in schools and cap foreign student enrollment in classrooms.

“Italian children cannot feel like a minority in the classroom,” the country’s PM said Sunday.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reportedly said that Italy is preparing to ban face coverings in schools and to cap the number of foreign students per class-a move that played up her right-wing...