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.

• NRA reports about Thai guest workers employed at a wood-working enterprise in Latvia

NRA reports about Thai guest workers employed at a wood-working enterprise in Latvia. Recently, several Latvian mass media reported that the Thai guest workers are forced to live in inhumane conditions, nearly starving and not being paid money. 12 Thais received working permits in Latvia and concluded working agreements in September 2008. However, according to the employer, in October, all guest workers were dismissed because they did not have skills for the job they were hired for. In an interview with the newspaper, representative of a company which helped to bring guest workers to Latvia stated that the Thais already left the wood-working enterprise and allegedly left the country.