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.

• Candidate for the post of the director of the Latvian National Human Rights Office Nils Muiznieks talks about the society integration in Latvia
• Article about the living conditions in the Olaine refugee camp

Latvijas Avize prints an interview with Nils Muiznieks who at the moment is a candidate for two posts - director of the Latvian National Human Rights Office and European Commissioner for Human Rights. Nils Muiznieks states that integration of society is the only acceptable solution for Latvia. However, he admits that the effective National Programme on the Integration of Society should be revised and improved. Nils Muiznieks argues that taking into account protests against the implementation of the minority education it is crucial to hold discussions with representatives of ethnic minorities about the most suitable ways of learning the Latvian language, while preserving their own languages, and improving the education quality. Nils Muiznieks is convinced that only few political forces in Latvia want to grant Russian the status of the official language and abolish the minority education reform.

Vesti Segondya features an article about the living conditions in the Olaine refugee camp where seven recently detained illegal immigrants from Somalia have been placed. At the moment there are 15 persons placed in the Olaine refugee camp. According to the acting chair of the camp Aigars Jefimovs, the future of the immigrants from Somalia are still unclear as they provide contradictious information about their travel to Latvia – their latest announcement is that they arrived to Latvia by bus.