Italy bans burqas in schools, caps foreign pupils at 30% per class
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Italy's government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has approved a decree banning burqas and niqabs in schools and limiting the share of pupils with insufficient Italian-language skills to 30% per class. The cap applies from the next school year to the first year of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school. In primary school, the quota covers children who do not hold Italian citizenship, were not born in Italy and have not attended an Italian kindergarten for at least two years. Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara earlier said the criterion would be linguistic and this year would affect those enrolling mid-year. The decree also introduces fines of up to 1,000 euros for parents who fail to attend language courses. Meloni called the measures “commonsense measures that do not divide but genuinely help to integrate.” Critics and rights campaigners accuse the government of ramping up divisive rhetoric to court far-right voters ahead of next year's general election. Parliament has 60 days to pass the decree into law. The hijab remains allowed. According to ANSA, parents at school gates in Rome met the measures with scepticism, with fines for missing language courses seen as “too much”.
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La Repubblica (outlet profile)
Stranieri in classe e stop burqa, oggi il testo arriva in cdm. Valditara: “Possibili deroghe”. Il ministro dell’Istruzione sul tetto di studenti immigrati al 30%: “Il criterio sarà linguistico, quest’anno riguarderà chi…
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La Repubblica (outlet profile)
Decreto scuola, quelle lezioni di italiano per i migranti cancellate da Salvini al Viminale. Lo studio della lingua – criterio centrale nel provvedimento oggi in cdm – e i corsi di formazione professionale per i richied…
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La Repubblica (outlet profile)
Scuola, ecco il decreto: tetto a stranieri nelle classi prime, multe fino a 1000 euro per il burqa. Il via libera oggi in Consiglio dei ministri. Previsti fondi per il potenziamento linguistico, corsi di italiano per i…
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ANSA (English) (outlet profile)
Cabinet OKs foreign pupil cap, burqa ban. Decree also envisages takings kids from parents who fail to learn Italian
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ANSA (English) (outlet profile)
Decree for school system that integrates without abandoning rules says Meloni. Common-sense measures that do not divide but prevent 'ghetto' classrooms
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ANSA (English) (outlet profile)
Fines of up to €1,000 if parents fail to learn Italian says Valditara. And the student's schooling suffers as a result
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Bloomberg (outlet profile)
Meloni’s Government Plans to Ban Face Veils in Italy’s Schools. The Italian government plans to impose a ban on full-face coverings in schools, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni seeks to galvanize hard-right voters ahead…
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ANSA (English) (outlet profile)
Schlein calls schools decree shameful witch hunt at the expense of children. Schools open to all as Constitution states says PD head on 30% foreign-pupil cap
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ANSA (English) (outlet profile)
34,000 classes have foreign student population exceeding 30% says Valditara. 'Nothing to do with old circulars; those dealt with small numbers'
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Italy approves limits on non-Italian speakers and veils in school classrooms. Italy’s conservative government on Thursday has approved a school decree limiting classrooms to 30% of students with insufficient Italian-lan…
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Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)
Meloni approves limits on non-Italian speakers and veils in school classrooms
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Clarín (outlet profile)
Confirmado: Meloni limitó por decreto la cantidad de alumnos por aula que no manejen bien el italiano y vetó el burka y el niqab. La primera ministra de Italia impulsó la medida que establece un tope del 30% por aula pa…
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Beta (outlet profile)
Italija uvodi ograničenja za učenike koji ne govore italijanski i zabranjuje marame u školama. Vlada Italije usvojila je danas uredbu kojom se ograničava broj učenika sa nedovoljnim znanjem italijanskog jezika u svakom…
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The Art Newspaper (outlet profile)
Artists in Bogotá protest deep cuts to Colombia’s cultural budget. President Abelardo de la Espriella, who took office last month, has proposed a 30% slash in funding for the cultural ministry next year
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El Economista (outlet profile)
Italia prohíbe burkas y niqabs en las escuelas y limita el número de alumnos extranjeros por clase. La primera ministra de ultraderecha de Italia, Giorgia Meloni, adoptó un decreto ley que prohíbe el uso del burka y el…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Bolivia's new wild cat, arts protests and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean. Colombians protest proposed cuts to arts and culture funding and researchers identify a new species of small spotted wild…
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Die Welt (outlet profile)
Melonis neue Schulregeln – Italien beschließt Burka-Verbot und Sprachquote für Schulklassen. Italiens Regierung verschärft die Regeln an Schulen: Burkas und Nikabs sind verboten, neu zugewanderte Schüler erhalten feste…
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BBC News (outlet profile)
Italy ministers agree to ban burqa and niqab in school and cap foreigners in class. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the measures as "common-sense tools that do not divide but really help to integrate".
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UOL (outlet profile)
Itália proíbe burcas e niqabs nas escolas e limita número de alunos estrangeiros. A primeira-ministra de extrema direita da Itália, Giorgia Meloni, adotou nesta quinta-feira (24) um decreto-lei que proíbe o uso de burca…
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Sveriges Radio Ekot (outlet profile)
Nu inför Italien burkaförbud i skolan – böter för regelbrott. På torsdagen införde Italiens regering förbud mot att bära burka och niqab i skolan, rapporterar AFP. Premiärminister Giorgia Meloni kallar beslutet en fråga…
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RFI (outlet profile)
Italie: le gouvernement Meloni adopte un décret interdisant le port du voile en milieu scolaire. À quelques mois des élections générales en Italie, se sentant mis en concurrence par le parti identitaire Futuro Nazionale…
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La Nación (outlet profile)
Meloni limita a los alumnos que no hablan italiano y prohíbe el burka y el niqab en las aulas. El decreto fija un tope del 30% para quienes no dominen el idioma, prevé multas de hasta 1000 euros a las familias y obliga…
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The Japan Times (outlet profile)
Meloni’s government plans to ban face veils in Italy’s schools. The government also endorsed a classroom cap on the number of foreign students who lack adequate Italian.
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Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
Meloni government bans burqas, caps foreign students in Italian schools. Italy is a front-line country for migration, with integration a hot campaign issue ahead of its 2027 election.
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Aristegui Noticias (outlet profile)
Italia prohíbe burkas y niqabs en las escuelas y limita el número de alumnos extranjeros. La ultraderecha Italiana ha sido señalada por la separación y las consecuencias que le pueda traer a las infancias extranjeras en…
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G1 (outlet profile)
Itália limita a 30% número de alunos sem fluência em italiano por sala e proíbe burcas em escolas. Mães aguardam o fim de uma aula esportiva em escola no centro de Roma. Alessandra Tarantino / AP O governo da Itália apr…
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Politika (outlet profile)
Италија забрањује бурке и никабе, Мелони поручила: У школу се иде откривеног лица. Италија уводи и ограничење за стране ученике, у неким одељењима највише 30 одсто
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Die Welt (outlet profile)
Italien beschließt Burka-Verbot und Sprachquote für Schulklassen. Italiens Regierung hat ein Verbot von Burkas und Nikabs an Schulen sowie neue Obergrenzen für ausländische Schüler mit unzureichenden Italienischkenntnis…
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La Repubblica (outlet profile)
“Io indosso il velo, giusto vietare burqa a scuola ma il rischio è che le ragazze non studino più”. Bengalese d’origine, Israt è cresciuta in Italia, dove è tornata dopo un lungo periodo a Londra: “Si sta creando un nem…
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Интерфакс (outlet profile)
В итальянских школах ввели запрет на бурки и никабы. Правительство Италии утвердило указ о запрете на ношение бурки и никаба в школах, сообщает в пятницу Associated Press.
Factual core
- The new rules cap the number of students who do not speak fluent Italian in Italian schools.
- The Italian government decided to ban burkas and niqabs in schools.
- The decree was issued by the Italian government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
- Italy's government, led by Premier Giorgia Meloni, decreed limits on non-Italian speakers and veils in school classrooms.
- The Italian government adopted the decree today.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the measures as 'common-sense tools that do not divide but really help to integrate'.