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.

• Telegraf prints an article about the draft Asylum Law

Telegraf prints an article about the draft Asylum Law recently adopted by the Saeima in the second reading. According to a representative of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (OCMA), the elaborated draft Law implements two European directives in Latvia which determine obligatory standards for assessment of persons who need asylum and minimum standards of procedures on granting or depriving refugee status. Lawyer Aleksejs Dimitrovs considers that Latvia will apply common EU criteria when taking decisions on asylum claims. The draft Asylum Law also stipulates that decision on granting a person or a group of persons temporary asylum in Latvia is made by the Cabinet of Ministers taking into consideration decision of the Council of the EU.