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• Latvia granted asylum to 29 persons in 2015

According to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (OCMA), 6 persons were granted refugee and 23 - alternative status in Latvia in 2015. The OCMA received totally 328 asylum applications last year. In 2014, there were 364 asylum applications; 3 persons received refugee status and 21 - alternative status. The OCMA does not provide data about the countries of origin of persons receiving asylum in Latvia allegedly due to legal provisions on confidentiality of such information. News agency LETA