6. latvia. imigration
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Imigration in Latvia
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On June 16th, 1940 Latvia was ocupied by Soviet Army and on the 5th August
Latvian SSR was incorporated into the USSR as one of the Soviet republics.
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Latvia has gone across many wars, that’s why we are so few.
But World War II was very difficult for us.
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In the spring of 1941 the Soviet central government began planning the mass deportation of anti-Soviet elements from the occupied Baltic states.
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During the night of 13th to14th June 1941 15,424 inhabitants of Latvia — were deported to camps and special settlements, mostly in Siberia.
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40 % of the deportees died in the deportation.
700 people were shot without a serious reason.
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On 26th March 1949 there was the second deportation and again 42,150 people were sent to Siberia.
12% of them died there.
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In World War II 150, 000 Latvians emigrated to Europe, USA, Astralia, Sweden, Germany.
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On the 4th May in1991 Latvia regained its independence.
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Now in Latvia there live 1, 986, 100 people.
61,1 % Latvians 25,8 % Russians 3,4% Belarussians 2,1% Poles, e.c
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In 2014 there was a summary about imigrants in Latvia. There live 23 857 other nationalities, but 48 724 people have permanent license for living here.
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In Latvia now there are 55 imigrants, they lives in Mucenieki near to capital city. They came from Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan.
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Riga’s Lithuanian secondary school, Riga’s Ukrainian secondary school, Jewish private secondary school, Daugavpils Russian Lyceum, Rezekne’s Country Polish Gymnasium.
In Latvia there are foreign schools, like :
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Because of the global financial crisis in 2008 -2009 there was started a major economic and political crisis in Latvia.
Because of this crisis a lot of Latvians emigrated to other countries.
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How many Latvians and where they live nowadays?
United Kingdom
Ireland Germany Norway United States
Sweden Lithuania Spain Italy
70,000
20,000
11,0008,000 8,000 6,000
3,500 2,000 2,000
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