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92 Unemployment rate (%) 14.4% 188 - 2 Family Reunification 2.1 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: I(d) To regulate family migration more effectively Please describe any new policies / legislation in this regard or changes to existing policies and legislation regulating family migration. Consider also your Member State’s reception capacity and the extent to which the family member’s capacity to integrate is being taken into account in the admission procedure, e.g. their knowledge of the country's language, level of education, professional background, other. Since the family reunification procedure in Latvian regulatory enactments is liberal, as many categories of persons have the right to receive a residence permit on the basis of family reunification, the competent institutions have not planned any changes in the relevant regulatory enactments. When issuing a residence permit on the basis of family reunification, the competent institutions of Latvia do not assess the ability of a family member to integrate but assess his or her family ties instead. In order to ensure the implementation of the provisions of the new Asylum Law, which entered into force on 14 July 2009, the Government has adopted several regulatory enactments in 2010 that regulate also the matters of family reunification for a refugee, a person who has acquired the alternative status or temporary protection. 2.2 Stockholm Programme (1-2 paragraphs in the text box created for each commitment) The relevant commitments in the Stockholm Programme for this sub-section are in particular: 2(b) The Directive on family reunification, the importance of integration measures Please describe any concrete (planned) measures to further promote the integration of third-country nationals coming for the purpose of family reunification. By continuing the acquisition of the European Third-Country National Integration Fund under the Programme of Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows 2007-2013, the implementation of the said fund projects 2008 was completed in 2010. Totally 17 projects were implemented within the framework of the European Third-Country National Integration Fund under the Programme of Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows 2008. In compliance with the scope of the multiannual programme of the fund, as well as Programme 2008, when planning integration activities, specific target groups are taken into account as well as special needs of such groups. Activity “Development of programmes and provision of services to special groups of third-country nationals (children, women, elder people, people without education, and people with special needs)” was planned for this purpose under the Fund 188 Bezdarba līmenis decembra beigās palielinājies par 0,1 procentu (Unemployment rate in December has increased by 0.1 percentage point).// http://zinas.nra.lv/ekonomika/latvija/38508-registreta-bezdarba-limenisdecembra-beigas-palielinajies-par-0-1-procentpunktu.htm– [sk. 07.01.2011.]
93 Programme 2008, and it supported activities focused on access to knowledge and resources for special groups of third-country nationals who are in less favourable position, to increase their self-esteem regarding participation in the communities and to develop strategies to overcome any obstacles and to gain control over their surrounding environment. 3 projects were implemented within the framework of the said activity. Foundation "Social service agency "Family Crisis Centre"" implemented project "Integrēties is viegli!" (“Integration Is Easy!”) where a service programme and methodology was developed for the target group of the project - third-country nationals – women and children, 48 educational sessions for women and children were organised and lead, individual consultations were provided by a lawyer, social worker and psychologist to women from third countries, 2 cross-cultural dialogue round-table discussions were organised, as well as 2 training camps were organised for the target group of the project. The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs implemented project "Support to repatriates – third-country nationals" where assistance was provided to 57 families of repatriates (totally 138 persons). Support was provided in 197 cases: 20 repatriates acquired the Latvian language, computer training was given to 14 repatriates, professional courses were ensured for 6 repatriates to help in searching for employment, aid was given to 4 repatriates for payment of study fee in educational establishments of Latvia, an integration camp was organised for children of repatriates with 17 children as participants. Society "Developments aģentūra "Pieci"" (Development Agency “Five”) implemented project "Atvērti integrācijai!" (“Open to Integration!”) where the Integration Centre for Children was established. The Centre has organised psychological support groups for 24 mothers, educational sessions for 12 children, educational sessions for 36 mothers, integration activities for children have been organised. In order to ensure integration and access to language courses, within the framework of Programme 2008 Activity "Develop programmes and activities for the purpose of promoting adjustment of third-country nationals to the receiving society and to help them in acquisition of main knowledge about the language, history, institutions, social and economic situation, culture life, etc.", the Ministry of Education and Science, the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs and the Latvian Language Agency as cooperation partners implemented, during the period from 1 December 2009 till 30 June 2009, the project financed by the European Third- Country National Integration Fund "Development of the Latvian language e-training course for the promotion of education and access to the labour market for third-country nationals". Within the framework of the project, an electronic training programme has been developed which helps third-country nationals to acquire the Latvian language according to the European language level A1 and afterwards also A2, simultaneously by acquiring knowledge about the state of Latvia, its history, geography and social life, thus promoting additionally the integration of an individual in society. The training course was focused on trainees who have knowledge as the Russian language as the bridge language. Totally 40 sessions of interactive language training has been prepared in the course, with self-test possibilities. The developed electronic languages training course is available to the public on the portal of Latvian schools of the Ministry of Education and Science from 1 July 2010. Russian was chosen as the bridge language in this project because, according to statistics on migration, the number of speakers of the said language in Latvia among the third-country nationals here is the highest: as of 1 January 2009, there were 8,002 representatives of the target group residing in Latvia – citizens of third countries with temporary residence permits, including 6,523 or 81.5% with the knowledge of Russian as the native tongue or the bridge language. In 2011, it is planned to implement the Programme 2009 of the European Third- Country National Integration Fund under the General Programme of Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows, and to start the implementation of Programme 2010 where
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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
Page 41 and 42: 41 On 10 March 2010, Cabinet Regula
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Page 45 and 46: 45 Changes in other laws are also p
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Page 49 and 50: 49 In 2010, the Office of Citizensh
Page 51 and 52: 51 In 2007-2009, a network of human
Page 53 and 54: 53 Tasks at Sea by the Use of Techn
Page 55 and 56: 55 Besides, by using the External B
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Page 61 and 62: 61 Immigration Law for submission t
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Page 65 and 66: 65 voluntary participation, Latvia
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
Page 73 and 74: 73 The concept developed by the Min
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 107 and 108: 107 7.1 European Pact on Immigratio
Page 109 and 110: 109 BORDER CONTROL 8 Control and su
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Page 115 and 116: 115 The State Border Guard on regul
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