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• MEP Roberts Zile: Latvia should attract guest workers from China rather than from Russia

One of the leaders of the nationalists’ political union For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM-All for Latvia!, MEP Roberts Zile believes that Latvia should attract guest workers from China rather than from Russia in order to compensate labour force shortages. Mr. Zile believes that Russians are dangerous for ethnic Latvian culture. Mr. Zile also believes that Chinese would learn Latvian language and integrate in the society quicker than Russians.

One of the leaders of the nationalists political union For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM-All for Latvia!, MEP Roberts Zile believes that Latvia should attract guest workers from China rather than from Russia in order to compensate labour force shortages. Mr. Zile believes that Russians are dangerous for ethnic Latvian culture. Mr. Zile also believes that Chinese would learn Latvian language and integrate in the society quicker than Russians. Telegraf, Chas