Italy’s ministers have agreed plans to ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in schools and introduce a cap on the number of foreign pupils in a class.
The measures were presented as part of the government’s approach to integration. The source material does not provide details of the proposed limit on foreign pupils or explain how the restrictions would be implemented.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the measures as “common-sense tools that do not divide but really help to integrate”.
The agreement covers both religious clothing and the composition of school classes, but no further details of the ministers’ decision or its timetable are available in the supplied material. The next steps would depend on how the proposals are formally introduced and applied.
