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• Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs: number of Russian citizens who live in Latvia is growing
• NRA prints interview with experts about growing emigration from Latvia

According to a representative of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, number of Russian citizens who live in Latvia is growing. Since January 2007, number of Russian citizens with residency permits in Latvia grew by 3,000 persons and now there are 30,718 Russian citizens officially living in Latvia.

According to a representative of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, number of Russian citizens who live in Latvia is growing. Since January 2007, number of Russian citizens with residency permits in Latvia grew by 3,000 persons and now there are 30,718 Russian citizens officially living in Latvia. Telegraf

NRA prints interview with migration researcher Mihails Hazans, economist Raita Karnite and film director Ivars Zviedrs (author of a documentary about Latvian guest workers in Ireland) about growing emigration from Latvia. Mrs. Karnite believes that the main reason for emigration is hard economical situation and low social guarantees to people in Latvia. Mr. Hazans believes that if Latvia does not improve the quality of its policies and social guarantees, the only way to compensate Latvias losses due to emigration is to attract foreign labour force.