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.

• UNHCR Regional Representative for the Baltic and Nordic countries Hans ten Feld: Latvia is ready to accept asylum seekers
• President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers: requirement for Russian language proficiency at work is discriminatory

The UNHCR Regional Representative for the Baltic and Nordic countries Hans ten Feld in an interview with

The UNHCR Regional Representative for the Baltic and Nordic countries Hans ten Feld in an interview with Diena states that Latvia is ready to accept asylum seekers. However, Hans ten Feld considers that the influx of asylum seekers from North African countries to Latvia is not expected because the country did not announce its readiness to accept them.

The President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers believes that employers’ requirement for employees to be proficient not only in Latvian but also in Russian language represents discrimination against ethnic Latvians. The Presidents states: “Latvian is the state language and persons should not be discriminated because of the reason that they do not know foreign languages.”

The President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers believes that employers requirement for employees to be proficient not only in Latvian but also in Russian language represents discrimination against ethnic Latvians. The Presidents states: Latvian is the state language and persons should not be discriminated because of the reason that they do not know foreign languages. Vesti Segodnya