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Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy, announced plans to ban burqas and niqabs in schools as part of a proposal aimed at integrating foreign students into Italian society. The plan would also limit the number of foreign students per classroom and mandate Italian language lessons for some parents. During a party gathering, Meloni emphasized that face coverings must be removed for school attendance, though she did not address hijabs. The proposed ban follows previous efforts to restrict face coverings in public spaces, which have yet to be implemented due to ongoing legislative processes.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-21,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, announced on September 24 at a youth event organized by her right-wing Brothers of Italy party in Rome, plans to ban face coverings like burqas and niqabs in schools. She also proposed capping the number of foreign students per class, requiring parents of foreign students facing integration difficulties to learn Italian, and making it mandatory for students to attend school with their faces uncovered. Meloni emphasized that immigrants must learn Italian, understand Italian culture, and respect Italian rules if they want a future in Italy. This move is part of efforts to address the contentious issue of migrant integration amid high levels of immigration to Italy, due to its location in the central Mediterranean. The proposed measures need Cabinet approval before being presented to parliament for final passage within 60 days.
Written for “Italy School Ban Burqas Limit Foreign…” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 19 other(s) covering the same event.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is preparing to ban burqas and niqabs in the country’s schools as part of a broader proposal to integrate foreign students and their families into Italian society.
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Meloni announced the planned restrictions on Sunday during Fennix, a gathering of her conservative Brothers of Italy party in Rome.
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The proposal would also place a legal cap on the number of foreign students in individual classrooms and require some parents to take Italian language lessons.
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“You must go to school with your face uncovered, and in Italy no one, in the name of a real or supposed tradition, can decide that a young woman must hide herself,” Meloni said during the meeting.
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The proposed ban would apply to the burqa, which covers the entire body and face, and the niqab, which covers the face while leaving the eyes visible, both of which are often associated with strict adherence to Islam.
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Meloni did not mention hijabs, which are headscarves that leave the face uncovered.
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The measure is expected to be presented to Meloni’s Cabinet before heading to parliament, which would have 60 days after government approval to act on it.
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Meloni has not specified how many foreign students would be permitted in each classroom under her proposed cap, but spoke of it with urgency, saying, “Italian children cannot feel like a minority in the classroom.”
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Italy already has rules addressing face coverings.
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A 1975 law generally prohibits people from wearing clothing or other items that hide their identity without a justified reason.
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A 2008 ruling clarified that religious or cultural reasons can justify a face covering as long as the person removes it when necessary for identification.
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Meloni’s government moved to ban burqa and niqab face coverings in all public spaces last year, framing the measure as a reaction to “Islamic Separatism,” but the bill has yet to be approved by the Chamber of Deputies.
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The new measure also includes a requirement for regular Italian lessons for parents of students experiencing difficulties assimilating into the school system.
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Meloni said the new measures are intended to prevent language barriers from isolating students.
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“If the number of children who do not understand the language of instruction becomes large, or even forms the majority, that is no longer integration.
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That is neglect,” she said.
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Migration has remained a major political issue in Italy, one of the principal entry ports into Europe for migrants from the Mediterranean.
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Students without Italian citizenship account for roughly 11.6% of the school population.
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