MTV3: Majority wants Roma beggars deported
Finns are not prepared to accept beggars on the country's
streets -- in any season. The majority says they should be sent
back home.
According to a survey commissioned by commercial broadcaster MTV3, as many as four-fifths of people interviewed favoured the deportation of Roma beggars currently in Finland.
As many as 85 percent of men questioned said the vagrants should be sent home. Some 81 percent of women shared the same opinion.
Arto Tanner, a docent at the University of Helsinki who has examined the plight of Eastern European Roma, says he was surprised by the survey's results.
In his opinion, the tough stance taken by respondents legitimises officials' strong measures when dealing with Roma beggars.
The MTV3 survey was carried out by Think If Laboratories Oy in April. Around 2,000 people were interviewed. The margin of error was three percentage points.
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