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.

• Chas interviews the Head of the union For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM Roberts Zile
• Article on living conditions in the reception centre for asylum seekers Mucenieki

Chas features an interview with the head of the union For Fatherland and Freedom/LNIM Roberts Zile emphasising the knowledge and respect towards the Latvian language and history as the core indicator of loyalty to the state and the precondition of shaping of a common mentality. When speaking about the partys draft law attempting to stop naturalization, Roberts Zile states that, if people with very different mentalities will live in Latvia, it could face problems that Great Britain has because of the presence of Muslim immigrants. The politician also criticizes the European Parliaments decision to grant the right to free movement within the EU to Latvian non-citizens: ‘if a person does not feel himself or herself belonging to any European state, he is disloyal to the whole Europe, adds Roberts Zile.

Chas features an article about the living conditions in the reception centre for asylum seekers Mucenieki. According to the newspaper, 8 persons have sought for asylum in Latvia during 2006. Four of them were from Russia, but others – from Afghanistan, Belorussia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan.