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.

• Vesti Segodnya asked its readers on whether there should be a referendum regarding the accommodation of refugees allotted by the EU

Vesti Segodnya asked its readers on whether the government has the right to take decision on accommodation of refugees allotted by the EU without asking residents’ opinion in a referendum. According to the newspaper, it has received more than a thousand of feedbacks. The majority of respondents are confident that the referendum is necessary and have negative attitude towards accommodation of refugees from African countries in Latvia. But there were also few respondents who believe that it is a right decision to provide help to the refugees and accommodate them. As reported, a while ago, the Ombudsman Juris Jansons proposed to ask the opinion of Latvian citizens through a national referendum about whether to accept the refugees allotted by the EU.