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.

• Raivis Dzintars: Soviet-era arrivals to Latvia are illegal under 1949 Geneva Convention
• Janis Urbanovics: voters perceive the talk of some politicians about occupants and colonists as a witch hunt

In response to the Concord Centres (CC) request to clarify whether the radical nationalist union AFL!-FFF/LNIM agrees with the statement of its activist Janis Iesalnieks who declared that Latvian citizens who voted for the CC are colonists, who came here illegally and their votes should not be taken into consideration, the leader of the union Raivis Dzintars stated that according to 1949 Geneva Convention, the origin of persons who arrived to Latvia since 1940 Soviet occupation is illegal. In the meantime, the lawyer Aleksejs Dimitrovs believes that references to the Geneva Convention are invalid, because this document does not have retroactive effect. Vesti-segodnya

In an interview to Neatkariga, the chairperson of the Concord Centre (CC) parliamentary faction Janis Urbanovics has rejected the idea that CC depends on the influence of the Russian Federation and emphasised CCs dependence on its voters, including many Russian speakers as well as up to 30% ethnic Latvians. According to Mr.Urbanovics, part of CCs voters perceive the talk of some politicians about occupants and colonists as a witch hunt and it is a matter of principle for the CC to achieve recognition of the fact that there are no occupants in Latvia now.