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Italy Moves to Cap Number of Foreign Students in Its Classrooms

New York Times24 September 2026, 21:21 UTCItaly

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the goal was to better integrate non-Italian speaking children, but critics accused her of trying to appease anti-immigrant sentiment.

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