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116 In order to introduce the requirements of the Visa Code, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will, in cooperation with the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, amendments to the Immigration Law for submission thereof to the Stat Chancellery. The said amendment to the Law would provide the procedure for motivation of refusing a visa as well as appeal against refusal. ASYLUM 10 International Protection 10.1 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: IV(c) solidarity with MS which are faced with specific and disproportionate pressures on their national asylum systems: Please provide information on support provided to Member States experiencing specific and disproportionate pressures on their national asylum systems, with regard to the processing of requests for international protection. This could include seconding staff and sending resources or equipment. Latvia has not provided assistance to Member States of the European Union which have experienced disproportionately large pressures to their national asylum systems caused by the number of asylum seekers. At the same time, Latvia supports the solidarity policy of the European Union regarding the need for voluntary activities, and the possible participation of Latvia in assisting Member States of the European Union may be assessed in the future, with the view to the course of development of the EU asylum policy. Please describe any action undertaken with regard to the reallocation from Member States experiencing specific and disproportionate pressures of beneficiaries of international protection to other Member States. This relates to intra-EU movements, for example, as part of EU projects. Until now, Latvia has not engaged in activities associated with resettlement of persons who have received international protection in a Member State of the European Union. At the same time, Latvia supports the solidarity policy of the European Union regarding the need for voluntary activities in order to provide international protection to member states faced with specific and disproportionate pressures in the national asylum system. IV(d) strengthen cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to ensure better protection for people outside the territory of European Union Member States who request protection, in particular by moving, on a voluntary basis, towards the resettlement within the European Union Please describe resettlement activities to your Member State of people placed under the protection of the Office of the UNHCR in third countries, specifying from which countries.
117 Also in 2010, Latvia was not involved in resettlement activities and has not implemented a resettlement programme, also Latvia does not plan to participate in such programmes within the nearest future. In the opinion of Latvia, the voluntary participation principle should be maintained for participation in resettlement activities. In order to strengthen the cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the State Border Guard has prepared a draft Memorandum of Understanding in order to improve the exchange of information, as well as provision of necessary support to persons who wish to obtain international protection. IV(e) MS are invited to provide the personnel responsible for external border controls with training in the rights and obligations pertaining to international protection Please describe the provision or planning of provision of such training (and in which way, number and percentage of border control staff trained)…) 40 officials of the State Border Guard improved their qualification for best practices of the EU member states for identification and interviewing of asylum seekers, drafting of admission documents, and also familiarised themselves with best practices in operation of centres for detained asylum seekers. 10.2 Key statistics Asylum applications and decisions Applicat ions Total applicati ons under consider ation First instance decisions on asylum applications Total positi ve Reject ed Geneva Convent ion Subsidia ry protecti on Tempo rary protect ion Huma nitari an status Asylum application s 63 24 27 6 18 0 0 Third-country nationals reallocated and resettled to your Member States Total Reallocated Resettled Third-country - - - nationals Training of border guards on asylum Total number of border guards Border guards 2373 197 40 Border guards who received training UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AND OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS 197 Total number of officials of the State Border Guard with the special service ranks.
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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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17 Having analysed the amount of fu
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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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53 Tasks at Sea by the Use of Techn
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55 Besides, by using the External B
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57 European Union and Schengen Agre
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59 of the project and within the fr
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61 Immigration Law for submission t
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63 Alternative Status or Temporary
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Page 71 and 72: 71 10. IMPLEMENTATION OF EUROPEAN U
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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 107 and 108: 107 7.1 European Pact on Immigratio
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