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Giorgia Meloni's government has agreed measures banning the burqa and niqab in Italian schools and capping the number of foreign students in individual classes. Meloni described the steps as 'common-sense tools' meant to aid integration rather than divide communities. The move comes as migration remains a contentious issue in Italy, a front-line country for arrivals, with integration policy shaping up as a major theme ahead of the country's 2027 election.