GETTY Norway wants to introduce a ban on face-covering Muslim veils in schools

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If the movement goes through, Norway will become the latest European nation to propose restrictions on wearing burqas and niqabs. France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria and the German state of Bavaria have all imposed restrictions on wearing full-face veils in public places.

Norway's minority government, a coalition of the centre-right Conservatives and the populist Progress Party, said it was confident it would find opposition support for the move. Education Minister Torbjoern Roe Isaksen said: "We have every reason to believe this will be approved by parliament."

These countries have BANNED the burka Mon, February 20, 2017 Several European countries have banned full-face veils since France's controversial law in 2011 Play slideshow GETTY 1 of 14 Switzerland: The region of Ticino voted in favour of a ban in a referendum

We have every reason to believe this will be approved by parliament Education Minister Torbjoern Roe Isaksen

Norway, which will hold elections on September 11, will be the first country in the Nordics to introduce a ban on burqas for both adults and children. Minister of Immigration and Integration, Per Sandberg, told a news conference: "Face-covering garment such as the niqab or burqa do not belong in Norwegian schools.

GETTY - STOCK IMAGE Several European countries have imposed restrictions on wearing full-face veils in public places