Children from immigrant families make up more than half of all pupils in some schools in the capital region, while there are other schools with none at all. The National Board of Education has urged local governments to examine the issue of achieving a better ethnic balance in schools. However, this survey found that a majority of people oppose the idea of ethnic quotas.
The biggest backers of quotas are supporters of the True Finns Party. Over 40 percent of Centre Party voters interviewed in the survey in the capital also said they would be in favour of limits. The lowest levels of support for the idea were found among supports of the Left Alliance and the Green League.
