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.

• Newspapers report on unofficial immigrants from Somalia

Newspapers continue to write about seven unofficial immigrants from Somalia who were detained on Friday by the Boarder Guard Service. According to the chief of the Boarder Guard’s Immigration Department Maris Domins, finally a person who can speak Somali was found and now it is possible to communicate with the immigrants. The information provided is contradicting and it is not clear whether they reached Latvia by ship. Maris Domins states that this is a first case in last 10 years when unofficial immigrants have arrived in Latvia in such a way. Usually the Boarder Guard officers detain persons who want to go to Latvia illegally at the border. Mostly these persons are immigrants from Moldova or Ukraine, travelling through Latvia to the United Kingdom or other Western Europe countries.

Newspapers continue to write about seven unofficial immigrants from Somalia who were detained on Friday by the Boarder Guard Service. According to the chief of the Boarder Guards Immigration Department Maris Domins, finally a person who can speak Somali was found and now it is possible to communicate with the immigrants. The information provided is contradicting and it is not clear whether they reached Latvia by ship. Maris Domins states that this is a first case in last 10 years when unofficial immigrants have arrived in Latvia in such a way. Usually the Boarder Guard officers detain persons who want to go to Latvia illegally at the border. Mostly these persons are immigrants from Moldova or Ukraine, travelling through Latvia to the United Kingdom or other Western Europe countries. Diena, Neatkariga Rita Avize, Vesti Segodnya