Italy Advances School Veil Ban and Pupil Caps

Chronology

1. 20-09-2026
   Meloni Proposes School Veil Ban and Foreign-Pupil Caps

   4 articles

   Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced an upcoming integration package that would ban burqas and niqabs in schools, limit the proportion of foreign or non-Italian pupils in individual classrooms, and require parents of students facing serious integration difficulties…
2. 25-09-2026
   Italy’s School Veil Ban and Student Cap

   3 articles

   Italy’s government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has adopted a decree-law banning face coverings such as burqas and niqabs in schools and setting a 30 percent classroom limit for certain pupils with insufficient Italian-language skills. The cap is based on students’ citi…