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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government agreed to ban burqa and niqab in schools and cap the number of foreign students in classrooms. Meloni described the measures as "common-sense tools that do not divide but really help to integrate," framing restrictions on religious dress and immigrant enrollment as integration policy rather than discriminatory measures. The measures represent a hardening of Italy's approach to immigration and religious minorities under Meloni's far-right administration, advancing policies that critics argue marginalize Muslim students and limit immigrant representation in schools despite the government's integration rhetoric.