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.

• Chas prints an article about illegal migrants crossing Latvian border
• NGO Prata Speks launched free-of-charge Latvian language courses for the eighth year

Chas prints an article about illegal migrants crossing Latvian border. According to a representative of the State Border Guard Service, Latvia has the highest percentage of detention of persons who illegally enter the country among the Baltic States. In 2009, there were 23 incidents of detentions of persons illegally crossing the border with Russia and Belarus. Representative of the Ministry of Interior states that the State Border Guard Service ensures control only on external Schengen borders, while, on internal borders with Lithuania and Estonia the intensive control is hindered due to the shortage of funding.

Vesti Segodnya reports that the NGO Prata Speks launched free-of-charge Latvian language courses for the eighth year. According to the head of the NGO Igors Kuzmuks, there is large number of people who come to the courses willing to learn Latvian with an aim to feel more comfortably in the society and to pass naturalisation exams.