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104 • 99 border guards graduated the School of Border Guards in the College of the State Border Guard and acquired the third level of professional qualification as well as qualification "State border inspector"; • 33 border guards improved their English language skills in the Language School of the National Armed Forces; • 40 officials of the State Border Guard improved their qualification regarding best practices in EU Member States in identification and learnt about best practices of a detained asylum seekers’ centre. • 2 officials of the State Border Guard were trained in special courses for dactyloscopy experts. In 2010 for the purpose of ensuring the events related to the NATO General Assembly session in Riga, the State Border Guard purchase additionally to the technical equipment in disposal of the State Border Guard: passport readers, computers, software for REIS mobile application and REIS software which enables the examination of lists of flight passengers. 4(l) a coordinated approach by Member States by developing the network of liaison officers in countries of origin and transit. Please describe recent or planned developments with regard to your Member State’s liaison officers in countries of origin and transit. For cooperation with countries of origin and transit of immigrants, the State Border Guard has sent, by presenting the interest of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, communication officers in the matters of immigration to Georgia, Belarus and Russia, a communication officer (airline coordinator) and a communication officer (document consultant) to Georgia. The State Border Guard plans to continue the activities in the said third countries also in 2011. The State Border Guard does not plan any changes in the field of operation of its communication officers. 5.3 Key statistics Third-country nationals apprehended Third-country nationals apprehended 192 187 Third-country nationals regularised Third-country nationals regularised - 6 Return 6.1 European Pact on Immigration and Asylum (1-2 paragraphs in the text box created for each commitment) The relevant commitments in the Pact for this sub-section are in particular: II(b) To conclude readmission agreements at EU or bilateral level Please list the number of bilateral agreements negotiated and achieved during the reference period, specifying their purpose and with which third country. Also list the EU 192 Third-country nationals who were detained in 2010, pursuant to Section 51 of the Immigration Law. Information provided by officials of the State Border Guard.
105 readmission agreements in which your Member State took part during the reference period. You could use the following table: Type of readmission agreement (EU or bilateral) European Union’s readmission agreement Third countries involved Main purpose of the agreement Georgia In 2010, the Republic of Latvia has signed readmission protocols for fulfilment of agreements with the Russian Federation and the Republic of Moldova. The Commission of the European Union was informed about the conclusion of the readmission protocols with the said countries. Currently, bilateral readmission agreements are being drafted with the following countries: Azerbaijan, Kosovo and Colombia. By taking into account that agreements of the European Community with third countries provide signature of readmission protocols for the fulfilment of the bilateral agreements from the Member States, the Republic of Latvia has draft protocols for the fulfilment of the readmission agreement with the following third countries in the coordination process: 3) The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; 4) Bosnia and Herzegovina Please only provide information on readmission agreements. Information on other agreements with third countries will need to be added in other sections of the report (e.g. Sections 8 and 13). II(f) To devise incentive systems to assist voluntary return and to keep each other informed Please describe (planned) measures to promote voluntary return, assistance provided in voluntary return, provision of information to other Member States on person returned. Draft law "Amendment to the Immigration Law", which was announced by the Meeting of the State Secretaries on 27 May 2010, stipulates new rules to improve the standards and procedures in the Republic of Latvia in relation to return of third-country nationals. The said draft law includes amendments giving an opportunity to a third-country national to cancel a deportation order, if he or she will apply for the voluntary return programme. By introducing the amendment to the Law, the conditions of the Latvian migration policy will be considerably more favourable for promotion of voluntary return of third-country nationals. In 2010, Riga Office of the International Organization for Migration, within the framework of project "Preparation of the Return and Reintegration System in Latvia", has helped 40 illegal immigrants to use the voluntary return programme. Riga Office of the International Organization for Migration will continue to promote return of illegal immigrants to their countries of origin by using the support from the European Return Fund. Within the framework of the voluntary return programme, travel costs of an illegal immigrant’s return to the country of origin are paid and reintegration assistance is provided. The State Border Guard exchanges information regarding expelled persons with FR<strong>ON</strong>TEX agency in report form.
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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMA
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5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY According to Cl
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7 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Methodology
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9 2. POLITICAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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11 3. POLITICAL, LEGAL AND INSTITUT
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13 illegal immigrants, as well as b
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15 Confederation of Latvia, Elīna
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19 4. LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRA
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21 consular mission of a member sta
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23 request of a residence permit if
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25 opportunity for non-citizens of
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27 Affairs and the Latvian Language
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29 country nationals to whom the st
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31 6) the regulatory enactment expa
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33 of the Latvian and Belarus borde
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35 A minor third-country national o
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37 In 2010, the Ministry of Justice
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39 6) Latvian Language Agency imple
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41 On 10 March 2010, Cabinet Regula
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43 cancel a visa of third-country n
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45 Changes in other laws are also p
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47 enforcement institutions of the
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49 In 2010, the Office of Citizensh
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51 In 2007-2009, a network of human
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Page 67 and 68: 67 of asylum seekers and improve th
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Page 71 and 72: 71 10. IMPLEMENTATION OF EUROPEAN U
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Page 75 and 76: 75 Cabinet of Ministers Regulation
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Page 81 and 82: 81 ‣ Executive summary to Cabinet
Page 83 and 84: 83 Literature: ‣ Apstiprina jaunu
Page 85 and 86: 85 ‣ Interesējas par darbaspēka
Page 87 and 88: 87 http://www.iem.gov.lv/lat/aktual
Page 89 and 90: 89 ANNEX OF THE EUROPEAN PACT ON IM
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Page 93 and 94: 93 Programme 2008, and it supported
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Page 109 and 110: 109 BORDER CONTROL 8 Control and su
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