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Riga liquidates its coordination center for asylum seekers
He said that the center was liquidated as of October 1 after its functions
were re-evaluated.
"It was concluded that the center has achieved its initial goals,
including coordination of operation with other municipal and state
institutions, and the center is no longer necessary," said Vidauskis.
Its functions have been now delegated to other municipal structures – Riga
Municipal Police, the council’s welfare department and other structural units.
As reported, Vilnis Kirsis, the
head of the opposition Unity party’s faction at the Riga City Council, sent a
letter to Riga City Mayor Nils Usakovs
in summer, demanding to urgently close down the coordination center for
refugees.
He said that several thousands of euros of tax-payers’ money are spent
monthly on maintenance of the center and wages, but the center shows no results
apart from well-paid jobs for persons related to the Riga City Council
officials.
The center was established in March 2016 and its head was Harmony’s
representative Sandris Bergmanis.
The Riga City Council explained then that the center should provide social
assistance to refugees, solve accommodation, education and integration issues.