„This material will allow many asylum seekers arriving to Latvia learn about it as the new country of residence,” Project Manager Gunta Viksne (Gunta Vīksne) emphasizes. “To ensure that this information can be perceived easily and of practical use for these people, we involved also representatives of the target group to help us and they provided us with recommendations during the information preparation process”.
The total number of subject included in the information material is 22: general information about Latvia; personal identification documents in Latvia, rights, obligations and responsibility of residents; history of Latvia; national holidays (days off); Latvian climate and weather; public transportation; banks; road traffic regulations in Latvia; telephone, mail and the Internet; rights and obligations of an asylum seeker; healthcare; social security network in Latvia; social assistance system in Latvia; looking for dwelling and market of dwellings; education; employment and looking for job; recreation opportunities; religion; learning of the Latvian language; phone numbers for emergency calls.
G. Viksne specifies that the information material version in Latvian is mainly intended for specialists from different fields, also for employees of Latvian municipalities. It has been planned to publish the material so it can be accessed both electronically on the website www.beglis.lv/www.refugees.lv and as a printed material for asylum seekers living in the Accommodation Centre for Asylum Seekers “Mucenieki” to facilitate learning of the Latvian language.
The copies of the material “Latvia – a State at the Baltic Sea” will be made under office conditions. At this moment, this material is available in the Latvian language. Representatives of the Society inform that versions in Arab, Dari, English and French will be available within the next few weeks.
"The Support Actions for Persons under International Protection" project within Asylum, Migration and Integration Foundation is performed by Society “Shelter “Safe House””. The project is co-financed by the European Union. Grant Agreement No. PMIF/9/2016/1/03.