Integration monitor
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.
Jan. 7, 2016
- 78% of Latvian residents do not support accommodation of asylum seekers in Latvia
Public opinion survey conducted by the research centre SKDS in December 2015 shows that 78% of Latvian residents do not support reception of asylum seekers in Latvia, while 15,7% of residents support it. According to the head of SKDS Arnis Kaktins, the results of the survey show that the society has unanimous opinion regarding the accommodation of asylum seekers in general and there are almost no differences between the opinions of different groups of respondents. Neatkariga