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To Hear Each Other

The International Mother Language Day is observed worldwide on 21 February. For that reason in the evening of 20 February people of seven nationalities gathered to celebrate this day informally at the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) on Lacplesa Street 75 – 1B. They discovered that all of them...

Persons under international protection are invited to apply for integration courses and courses of Latvian

In order to foster the inclusion of persons under international protection (refugees, asylum seekers and persons under subsidiary protection) into the Latvian society, the Society “Shelter “Safe House”” organises special training courses with adapted information for persons, who have recently come a...

A satisfaction evaluation of the support measures provided to persons under international protection has been carried out

Since 2 January 2018 the Society “Shelter “Safe House”” has been implementing the project “Support Activities for Persons Under International Protection”, the purpose of which is to promote the inclusion of persons under international protection in the society by providing training courses and adapt...

An Open Doors Day on the Subject of Employment and Entrepreneurship Will Take Place at the Information Centre for Newcomers in Riga

The Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) organises an Open Doors Day in Riga on 30 January of this year to inform entrepreneurs about employment of foreigners and to provide information to foreign citizens about employment opportunities and opportunities of starting-up a business in Latvia. Employ...

The fifth training group has completed the course of Latvian

The Society “Shelter “Safe House”” informs that on December 11 the training course of Latvian has completed for the fifth group, where persons under international protection were learning. Visiting classes three days a week, the group was intensively learning basic knowledge for the use of Latvian l...

Volunteers from the Information Centre for Newcomers have worked almost thousand hours

Over eleven months of 2018, volunteers of the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICI) have devoted 888 hours to their volunteer work. Among all the volunteer job hours, almost 347 have been worked by foreigners. Since the beginning of the year, foreigners from 15 various countries, both from and outs...

The sixth training group completed the integration training course in November

The project manager Zanda Rudene informs that on November 11 participants of the training group were provided with the possibility to participate in activities of the Day of Lāčplēsis. They visited the National History Museum of Latvia, where the persons under international protection got new insigh...

This year the Information Centre for Newcomers provided assistance to more than 700 third country nationals

By this October the one-stop-agency Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) operating all over Latvia, has provided information and support to 701 foreign nationals* from 49 countries outside the European Union. Support was also provided to 33 specialists from different areas, who are working with th...

Pakistanis and Indians Attracted to Liepaja by Access to Education and the Quality of Life

Author: Liba Meller (Liepaja correspondent of Latvijas radio 4) Full text of the interview and a link to the source (in russian)<< Interview LR4 (in russian)<< at 7.36 – 12.05 minute Information Centre for Newcomers operates in Liepaja for two and a half years. TOP 5 countries, nation...

Persons from 17 countries have participated in support measures within nine months

The Society “Shelter “Safe House”” informs that from 2 January to 28 September activities were implemented within the scope of the project “Support Activities for Persons Under International Protection II” for the purposes of promoting the inclusion of persons under international protection in the L...

Information Centre for Newcomers invites you to the Open Day on 11 of October in Cēsis!

To inform about the activities and services provided by the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) in Cēsis, ICN is organizing Open Day on the 11 of October from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, at Pļavas street 3A, Cēsis. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representatives of the IC...

Information Centre for Newcomers in Liepāja welcomes you to the Open Day!

To inform about the activities and services provided by the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) in Liepāja, ICN is organizing Open Day on the October 9 from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Klaipēdas Street 96A, Liepāja. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representatives of the ...

Latvian Teacher: Persons under International Protection are Highly Motivated to Learn Latvian

At the end of August of this year the third group of students consisting of 11 individuals from Russia (4), Turkey (3), Georgia (2), Ukraine (1) and Egypt (1) took the test for the lowest level of language proficiency under the Support Actions for Persons under International Protection II project. T...

Information Centre for Newcomers invites you to the Open Day on 25th of September in Daugavpils!

To inform about the activities and services provided by the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) in Daugavpils, ICN is organizing Open Day on the 25th of September from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, at Parādes Street 11, Daugavpils. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representa...

During the Open Day Event in Jelgava Consultations on Education and Employment were Provided in Six Languages

On 27 August of this year conversations in Kurdish, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Russian and English could be heard at 22 Cukura Street – foreigners from different parts of the world visited the Open Day event of the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) to learn more about ICN activities, obtain f...

In August, 28 people completed the integration training course, 11 people – the Latvian language course

NGO “Shelter “Safe House”” informs that in August the integration training course organized under the project Support Actions for Persons under International Protection II was completed by two groups, in which in total 28 persons under international protection from six countries participated. The f...

From 14th till 18th of September in Dobele will be held forum "Integration Dialogue"

In the recent years, Latvia has become one of the popular destinations across Europe to pursue a higher education degree, launch a business or seek an employment. In the past two years, the number of foreign students enrolled in the major higher education institutions of Latvia has doubled, howeve...

Information Centre for Newcomers invites you to the Open Day on 27th of August in Jelgava!

To inform about the activities and services provided by the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) in Jelgava, ICN is organizing Open Day on the 27th of August from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, at Cukura Street 22 - 101, Jelgava. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representatives...

Information Centre for Newcomers welcomes you to the Open Day!

To inform the general public about the activities and services provided by the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICI), ICI is organizing Open Day on the 17th of August from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, at Lāčplēša Street 75-1B, Riga. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representat...

Persons From 16 Countries Have Taken Part in the Support Measures During the First Half of the Year

Society “Shelter “Safe House”” informs that from 2 January to 30 June of this year activities were implemented to promote inclusion of persons under international protection in the Latvian society under the Support Actions for Persons under International Protection II project. In total, three group...

This year the Information Centre for Newcomers has already provided 832 free consultations on legal, education and employment matters

From January 2 to June 30 the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) has provided all over Latvia information and support to 495 foreign citizens, who arrived from 30 countries outside the European Union, and 27 specialists working with this target group. Most frequently, customers have chosen to r...

Attention! Information Centre for Newcomers Riga office has changed!

21 Person Under International Protection Receives a Certificate About Completion of the Latvian Language Course

In order to provide for persons under international protection an opportunity to acquire Latvian language knowledge and skills needed for work and in everyday life, and develop the main competences required for learning a language, such as reading, speaking, writing, listening and use of grammar, La...

An Evening of Chinese Culture of Another Kind

On 14 June representatives of seven different cultures gathered at the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) to learn about the unknown culture of Hong Kong people. Students told about their homeland – the dialect of Chinese language spoken in Hong Kong, its currency, flag, art, lifestyle and cuisi...

Within the framework of the educational course about Latvia, people mostly expressed interest in the fields of healthcare, employment, and education

“This group was mostly interested in and asked most of the questions about the fields of healthcare, employment, including job opportunities in Latvia, as well as educational issues – perspectives, recognition of an acquired education diploma,” Z. Rudene says. “During the course, the participants ad...

Support Point in Vidzeme

The author of the interview: Liga Salnite (Līga Salnite). The author of the photos: Marta Martinsone-Kasa (Marta Martinsone-Kaša) A helping hand to newcomers. For almost two years Baiba Zalcmane (Baiba Zalcmane) has been the person in Vidzeme, Cesis any foreigner, who has come to Latvia, can turn...

The Information Centre for Newcomers has Provided Support to Third Country Nationals from 35 Countries This Year

Customer advisers have provided a total of 340 face-to-face consultations on various legal issues, education, employment and other matters related to life in Latvia. Most often foreign nationals have asked questions about migration issues, including residence permits, education and family reunificat...

In April, 30 persons under international protection from 12 countries completed the integration training course in Latvia

Within the framework of the integration training course, persons under international protection can acquire knowledge about the state of Latvia, state system, history, culture and traditions, practical information about Latvia, inclusion in society, principles of non-discrimination, communication, r...

More than Two Hundred Hours of Volunteering in the Language of Friendship

"This month, we have implemented several initiatives, cooperated with other organizations, participated in various assistance activities, as well as promoted volunteering and the Information Centre for Newcomers," Ramona Liepiņa, Volunteering Coordinator says. In March, volunteers had an opportunit...

Persons Under International Protection Have Started Latvian Language Courses and Integration Courses

Presently Latvian language courses are held for two groups, which consist of 25 persons under international protection from 11 countries — Eritrea (7), Afghanistan (2), Azerbaijan (5), Russia (4), Israel (1), Congo (1), Sudan (1), Tajikistan (1), Belarus (1), Uzbekistan (1), Georgia (1). Latvian lan...

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