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.

• Newspapers report about emigration and immigration statistics
• The court upheld the refusal to write original spelling of a child’s name in the birth certificate

 According to the data of the Central Statistics Bureau, 25 163 persons emigrated from Latvia and 13,303 arrived to Latvia for residence in 2012. 8,427 persons emigrated from Riga to other countries, while 4,776 foreigners became Riga residents in 2012. The biggest number of persons who left Latvia among Latvian regions were from Latgale (eastern part of Latvia) – 4,112, but only 1,771 persons moved to this region for residence. The majority of persons who lived with residence permit in Latvia in 2012 were citizens of other EU countries (59,9% or 7,305) and Russian Federation (22,6% or 3,009). Latvijas Avize, Diena, Neatkariga, Vesti Segodnya

The Liepaja Administrative Court upheld the decision of the Civil Registry Office who refused to issue a birth certificate with undistorted spelling of the name and surname of a newborn child. The parents gave their child traditional Russian name "Miron" and wanted to write it in the birth certificate without Latvian ending "–s" as it makes the name consonant with the word “mironis” which means “dead man” in Latvian language. Vesti Segodnya