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.

• Latvian Radio might decrease Russian language broadcasts due to funding cut
• State Border Guard: number of foreigners illegally crossing Latvian border grows

Vesti Segodnya reports that the Ministry of Finances plans to cut funding for the public mass media in 2016 for more than 1 million euros comparing to 2015. According to the Chairman of the Latvian Radio Aldis Paulins, such cut will force to change the radio programme including to cut in half Russian language broadcasts and to stop broadcasting in the border areas.

According to a representative of the State Border Guard, the number of foreigners illegally crossing Latvian border grows. Currently, the Detained Aliens and Asylum Seekers Accommodation Centre in Daugavpils is overcrowded. It accommodates 103 persons but is intended for 84 persons only. In order to accommodate more immigrants, the Border Guard rents temporary detention facilities of the State Police. During seven months of 2015, 227 foreigners were detained for attempt to cross Latvian border illegally (209 foreigners were detained during 2014.) 183 persons applied for asylum in Latvia this year. Majority of them are citizens of Vietnam and Afghanistan. Vesti Segodnya