Laws must be bolstered to force
families to send their children to school, Premier Giorgia
Meloni said at the crime and drug ridden town of Caivano near
Naples which has one of the biggest drop-out rates in Italy and
where youngsters are often employed by drugs gangs.
"There are important norms against dropping out of school, but
they must be strengthened in order to fight this phenomenon,"
she said on a visit to show solidarity after two cousins aged 10
and 12 were allegedly gang raped there last month.
"School attendance is complusory but the sanctions for those
families that decide not to send their kids to school are not
sufficient"
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