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.

• Discussion on integration of immigrant children held by the National Integration Centre
• Human Rights Committee decided to establish a special working group on elaboration of the draft law banning usage of totalitarian symbols in public
• OCMA checks whether Latvian millionaire Sergejs Zaharjins legally received Latvian citizenship

 Latvijas Avize reports about a discussion “How Open is Education in Latvia” held by the National Integration Centre about integration of immigrant children. According to a director of one of the Riga schools, in general, there are no big problems hindering schools from accepting immigrant children, however, it would be useful to establish a special school for immigrants to attend during the first couple of months after arrival to Latvia. Such school could help to adapt to Latvian education system and learn Latvian language. Expert on education policy Ligita Grigule supported the idea that the future teachers should learn during their education process special skills to work with immigrants. At present, there are 546 immigrant children studying in Latvian schools, majority of them are from Russia (138), the United Kingdom (45), Germany (45), the U.S.A (26).

The Saeima’s Human Rights Committee decided to establish a working group on elaboration of the draft amendments to the Law "On the Security of Public Entertainment and Festive Events." As reported, initially, the aim of the draft law was to ban public usage of the symbols of the USSR, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Nazi Germany. According to Vesti Segodnya, it is expected that the draft law will include more specific definition of what kind of symbols should be prohibited. Vesti Segodnya

Vesti Segodnya reports that the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (OCMA) verifies whether the head of the board of the biggest Latvian metallurgical enterprise “Liepajas Metalurgs”, millionaire Sergejs Zaharjins legally received Latvian citizenship. The verification was initiated after the complaint to state police submitted by some person who asserts that the state language proficiency of Mr Zaharjins is too low. Sergejs Zaharjins received Latvian citizenship trough naturalisation procedure in 1999.