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• Prime Minister promises not to accept more than 250 asylum seekers within next 5years

At the meeting with the members of the National Union (NU), the Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma promised that Latviawill not agree to accommodate voluntary more than 250 asylum seekers within next five years. Mrs Straujuma noted that it is her opinion which is not discussed within the party she represents (the Unity). She also said that if the situation with influx of asylum seekers to Europeescalates, the EU might force the member states to accept more asylum seekers. At the same time, the President Raimonds Vejonis in an interview with LTV1 stated that accommodation of 250 asylum seekers, most likely, is only a temporary solution for next two years.  Diena, Neatkariga, Vesti Segodnya