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.

• 200 persons took part in a picket against non-citizenship in Riga
• According to the Migrant Integration Policy Index, Latvia is the least welcoming country for immigrants
• The Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration Oskars Kastens proposes to allow granting double citizenship to WWII refugees, deported persons and children left without parents care

About 200 persons took part in a picket against non-citizenship in front of the representative office of the European Commission in Riga yesterday.

About 200 persons took part in a picket against non-citizenship in front of the representative office of the European Commission in Riga yesterday. Chas, Vesti Segodnya

According to a ranking based on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) conducted by the British Council and Migration Policy Group in Brussels, Latvia is the least welcoming country for immigrants among other European countries, while the most welcoming is Sweden. The MIPEX reflects how European countries integrate immigrants

According to a ranking based on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) conducted by the British Council and Migration Policy Group in Brussels, Latvia is the least welcoming country for immigrants among other European countries, while the most welcoming is Sweden. The MIPEX reflects how European countries integrate immigrants using 140 indicators including such factors as immigrants' rights in the workplace; the opportunities for permanent settlement; permission for family to join them; laws to combat racism and prejudice. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Telegraf, NRA

The Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration Oskars Kastens has sent a proposal to the Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis asking to include group of persons such as WWII refugees, deported persons and children left without parents’ care into the list of persons who might be allowed granting double citizenship. Presently, a working group is elaborating draft amendments to the legal norms which stipulate granting double citizenship to children of Latvian citizens who were born abroad.

The Special Assignments Minister for Social Integration Oskars Kastens has sent a proposal to the Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis asking to include group of persons such as WWII refugees, deported persons and children left without parents care into the list of persons who might be allowed granting double citizenship. Presently, a working group is elaborating draft amendments to the legal norms which stipulate granting double citizenship to children of Latvian citizens who were born abroad. Latvijas Avize, NRA