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.

• Vesti Segodnya reports about a recent court decision not to grant the refugee status to a person of allegedly Palestinian origin
• Foundation meeting of the Assembly of the European Alliance of Russian Speaking Youth held in Riga over the weekend

Vesti Segodnya reports about a recent court decision not to grant the refugee status to a person of allegedly Palestinian origin. He arrived in Latvia in 2009 and claims he is from Palestine and is being persecuted by the Hamas movement, and as a result applied for asylum in Latvia. However, the Office of the Citizenship and Migration Affairs (OCMA) turned down his asylum request, and its decision was upheld by the Riga Administrative Court.

Latvijas Avize reports about the foundation meeting of the Assembly of the European Alliance of Russian Speaking Youth held in Riga over the weekend. The aim of the alliance is to seek wider political representation of the Russian speaking EU residents, their engagement in social and political activities, and support and coordination of their activities.