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.

• 373 foreigners applied for asylum in Latvia during 2014

Vesti Segodnya reports that 373 foreigners applied for asylum in Latvia during 2014. The majority of asylum seekers (171 persons) were Georgian citizens. There were also 75 asylum seekers from Ukraine. During 2014, the State Border Guard detained 139 foreigners who tried to enter Latvia illegally. 98 of detained foreigners were from Vietnam and 12 from Afghanistan. According to a representative of the State Border Guard, these citizens of Vietnam use Latvia as transit country to travel to other European countries.