Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.

• Border Guard detained 19 citizens of Bulgaria illegally employed in Riga
• MP Visvaldis Lacis has proposed to grant special funding for ethnic Latvian families
• Weekly Republika.lv prints several articles about Jews in Latvia

Yesterday, the Border Guard has detained 19 citizens of Bulgaria illegally employed in Riga. All unofficially unemployed were issued a protocol for violating administrative provisions.

Yesterday, the Border Guard has detained 19 citizens of Bulgaria illegally employed in Riga. All unofficially unemployed were issued a protocol for violating administrative provisions. Vesti Segodnya

Yesterday, MP Visvaldis Lacis (Union of Greens and Farmers) at the Saeima’s session has stated that Latvians as a nation are endangered due to the high emigration rate of Latvians from Latvia. Therefore, provisions should be adopted which would stipulate granting special funding for ethnic Latvian families.

Yesterday, MP Visvaldis Lacis (Union of Greens and Farmers) at the Saeimas session has stated that Latvians as a nation are endangered due to the high emigration rate of Latvians from Latvia. Therefore, provisions should be adopted which would stipulate granting special funding for ethnic Latvian families. Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize

The weekly

The weekly Republika.lv prints several articles about Jews in Latvia. According to the newspaper, there are 10, 448 Jews in Latvia at present. As reported, in November, the government has declined a draft project on granting LVL 32,000,000 (EUR 45,531,897) and some real estate buildings to the Jewish Community of Latvia as a compensation for lost properties during the Holocaust. Lawyer Andris Grutups in an interview with the weekly has stated that there are no legal grounds to grant the compensation. Andris Grutups also argued that grant of the compensation would lead to ethnic hatred and Anti-Semitism.