Italy's Meloni plans to limit foreign student numbers, ban face coverings in schools

Meloni said the government would bring the proposed legislation to the Council of Ministers, after which it would require parliamentary approval to become law.

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.

Giorgia Meloni's proposed legislation would cap foreign students per classroom and ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools to foster integration.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is taking action to limit the impact of Muslim immigrants on her country. Italy has taken on millions of immigrants from majority-Muslim countries because of its accessibility to boats carrying migrants across the Mediterranean Sea.