The Office of the Citizenship and Migration Affairs of the Republic of Latvia.

The Asylum Affairs Division of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs.

Data collection on asylum statistics contains statistical information based on the Article 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection.

Asylum applications:

• Asylum, first time and subsequent applicants by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Persons subject of asylum applications pending at the end of month by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Asylum applications withdrawn by citizenship, age, sex and type of withdrawal (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Asylum applicants having had their applications processed under the accelerated procedure by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Applicants having benefited from material reception conditions at the end of the reference year;
• Asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors by citizenship, age and sex.

Decisions on asylum applications:

• First instance decisions on applications by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Decisions withdrawing status granted at first instance decision by citizenship, type of decision and type of reason (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Final decisions in appeal or review on applications by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Decisions withdrawing status granted as final decision in appeal or review by citizenship, type of decision and type of reason (also for unaccompanied minors).

Resettled persons:

• Resettled persons by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and country of previous residence;
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision;
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and resettlement framework. 

In March 2022, the European Commission activated the Temporary Protection Directive 2001/55/EC for people from Ukraine seeking refuge.

Temporary protection:

• Decisions granting temporary protection by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Beneficiaries of temporary protection at the end of the month by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors).

See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Asylum migration - international protection statistics.

See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Number of persons.

See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

The Republic of Latvia.

See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable.

Number of persons.

Calendar month, calendar quarter and calendar year.

See link: https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/en/official-statistics

Not applicable.

There is no specific national policy.

The Survey staff has signed a legal confidentiality agreement.

No specific national policy.

No specific rules.

No national release calendar.

Not applicable.

No release policy.

Monthly, quarterly, yearly.

Not applicable.

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No national online database.

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There is no such documentation.

There are no specific guidelines.

Good quality.

The statistics collected under Regulation 862/2007 are used by a wide range of users at national, European and International level to cover various users needs.

Users of Asylum statistics :

• Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Commission, for producing the official European Union statistics on Asylum;
• EASO, UNHCR, etc.;
• National authorities - the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Welfare, NGOs, the European Migration Network (EMN), etc. 

No specific measures are taken to monitor user satisfaction.

See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

100%

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

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Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Within two months of the end of the reference month, quarter.

Within three months of the end of the reference year.

20 days.

While the above is technically possible, it does not account for possible workload.

30 days.

Data is continuously updated, there is no "final date" per se. The later date the better to see stable numbers.

See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

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Not applicable.

See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Not applicable.

See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Monthly, quarterly, yearly.

Standard Eurostat templates are used for data collection.

Data check with the aim to ensure that the population coverage is accurate, as required according to the definitions of the Technical guidelines - monthly. 

Data check in the register/database in order to confirm they are accurate - monthly.

Data are manually recorded/stored in the National register and then collected/processed from it.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

No statistical technique applied.