Resettlement and humanitarian admission - Latvia

Overview

Relevant EU legislation

Latvia is bound by the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework Regulation (URF).

National legislation

17 December 2015: Patvēruma likums, Latvijas Vēstnesis 2, 05.01.2016. OP number: 2016 / 2.1 | Asylum Law.

Competent authority and stakeholders

Authorities responsible for establishing resettlement and humanitarian admission policy	The Cabinet of Ministers.
Identification and referral of refugees for a) resettlement programmes b) humanitarian admission programmes c) community sponsorship programmes	In deciding on the compliance of a person with the criteria for international protection and the admittance of this person within the scope of the mechanisms for relocation or resettlement, the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs may take a decision to grant refugee or alternative status or to refuse to grant it on the basis of the information provided by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the European Union Agency for Asylum, or other cooperation partners if it is sufficient for taking of the abovementioned decision.
Selection of refugees for a) resettlement programmes b) humanitarian admission programmes c) community sponsorship programmes	The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs.
Pre-departure assistance a) resettlement programmes b) humanitarian admission programmes c) community sponsorship programmes	N/a
Travel arrangements a) resettlement programmes b) humanitarian admission programmes c) community sponsorship programmes	N/a
Arrival and reception a) resettlement programmes b) humanitarian admission programmes c) community sponsorship programmes	N/a

Programmes currently in place

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment. Consequently, no information has been included in some of the sections included below.

National quotas on resettlement and humanitarian admission

National commitments for resettlement, humanitarian admission and emergency quota

2-year Union Plan	National commitment for resettlement	National commitment for humanitarian admissions	Emergency quota
Period 2024-2025	0	0	N/a
Period 2026-2027	N/a	N/a	N/a
Period 2028-2029	N/a	N/a	N/a

Procedural and practical arrangements

The admission procedure

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Type of protection granted and residence permit issued after the admission procedure

The Asylum Law (Section 70) foresees that a person admitted within the framework of resettlement and resettlement mechanisms shall be deemed to be an asylum seeker from the day when he or she is admitted to the Republic of Latvia and submits an application for granting refugee or alternative status until the administrative proceedings concerning the application are completed. A person's application regarding the granting of refugee or alternative status is examined in accordance with the procedures specified in the Asylum Law.

In deciding on the compliance of a person with the criteria for international protection and the admittance of this person within the scope of the mechanisms for relocation or resettlement, the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs may take a decision to grant refugee or alternative status or to refuse to grant it on the basis of the information provided by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the European Union Agency for Asylum, or other cooperation partners if it is sufficient for taking of the abovementioned decision.

In order for a person to enter the Republic of Latvia within the framework of a resettlement mechanism, a temporary entry document shall be issued to him or her, if necessary.

Pre-departure assistance

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Travel arrangements

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Arrival and reception

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Integration support to resettled and admitted refugees

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Resettlement programmes

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Humanitarian admission programmes

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Complementary pathways

Community sponsorship schemes related to state-led resettlement programmes

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Community sponsorship schemes linked to civil society-led humanitarian admission programmes

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.

Community sponsorship schemes linked to other complementary pathways

Latvia is not implementing resettlement or humanitarian admission programmes at the moment.