Children in Sweden must attend school, but parents can choose which one.

Lyssna: Segregation in schools has increased in the last 10 years

An increasing number of Sweden's children attend schools that are segregated, a Swedish Radio investigation shows.

Currently a quarter of Swedish children go to schools that are "clearly segregated", as regards family educational background, or immigrant background. This has risen from a fifth, over the last ten years.

There is currently a government-appointed committee looking into how to reduce segregation. Björn Åstrand is in charge and he says the radio investigation shows that pupils are being sorted into...