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.

Press Report

During his meeting with the press Sergey Zotov referred to the attitude of the Latvian party to the issue of retired servicemen as "unexpected". He said that it was absolutely clear that their pensions should be paid by Russia. According to him the Latvian party would not agree to provide guaranteed right of residence and social security to all retired servicemen.

During his meeting with the press Sergey Zotov referred to the attitude of the Latvian party to the issue of retired servicemen as "unexpected". He said that it was absolutely clear that their pensions should be paid by Russia. According to him the Latvian party would not agree to provide guaranteed right of residence and social security to all retired servicemen. Rigas Balss

The article in SM deals with the problem of discrimination faced by certain groups of former Salaspils Concentration Camp prisoners. The most discriminated ones are prisoners placed to the camp as small kids after their villages in Russia, Byelorussia, and Ukraine had been burned down by the Nazis. Such people are not given the status of politically oppressed and sometimes even humiliated by local authorities. The pretext for such treatment is the fact that in German concentration camp reports they are referred to as persons "evacuated" from dangerous areas.

The article in SM deals with the problem of discrimination faced by certain groups of former Salaspils Concentration Camp prisoners. The most discriminated ones are prisoners placed to the camp as small kids after their villages in Russia, Byelorussia, and Ukraine had been burned down by the Nazis. Such people are not given the status of politically oppressed and sometimes even humiliated by local authorities. The pretext for such treatment is the fact that in German concentration camp reports they are referred to as persons "evacuated" from dangerous areas. SM Segodnya

A new organization has been founded last week. It is called "The Migrant Association" and is the union of 39 similar organizations founded earlier in Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, and Latvia. The main objective of the organization is to attract the attention of the international community to the problems faced by people willing to return to their historical motherland and to receive financial aid since the governments are not capable of financing migration programs. It has also been stressed by the Chairman of the Association Mrs. Austra Bolsevica that in Latvia people are often pressed to leave the country for their historical motherland due to psychological pressure and by legal acts adopted by the government.

A new organization has been founded last week. It is called "The Migrant Association" and is the union of 39 similar organizations founded earlier in Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, and Latvia. The main objective of the organization is to attract the attention of the international community to the problems faced by people willing to return to their historical motherland and to receive financial aid since the governments are not capable of financing migration programs. It has also been stressed by the Chairman of the Association Mrs. Austra Bolsevica that in Latvia people are often pressed to leave the country for their historical motherland due to psychological pressure and by legal acts adopted by the government. SM Segodnya

During a meeting of the DNNL fraction spokesmen with the inspectors of the Language Commission and Citizenship and Immigration Dept. officials deputy Maris Budovskis said: "We have been persistently striving for a national state and national purity. The Citizenship and Immigration Department is just a filter to prevent Latvia from contamination. And thanks a lot for holding on."

During a meeting of the DNNL fraction spokesmen with the inspectors of the Language Commission and Citizenship and Immigration Dept. officials deputy Maris Budovskis said: "We have been persistently striving for a national state and national purity. The Citizenship and Immigration Department is just a filter to prevent Latvia from contamination. And thanks a lot for holding on." Panorama Latvii