The OCMA updates the statistics on asylum seekers

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The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (OCMA) updated the statistics on asylum seekers for 2025:

  • 1,288 persons requested asylum in Latvia
  • 55 were granted refugee status
  • 99 were granted subsidiary protection 

The main countries of origin of asylum seekers in 2025 - Somalia, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Morocco, Tajikistan.

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