Italy Tightens School Veil and Enrollment Rules

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 Moves to Restrict Veils and Classroom Enrollment

   3 articles

   Italy’s government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has adopted a decree that bans face-covering veils such as burqas and niqabs in schools and caps at 30 percent the share of certain pupils considered to have insufficient Italian-language experience in each classroom, star…