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Make Room in partnership with The Latvian Centre for Human Rights have gathered stories of people. Real stories of real life situation, which have been experienced by our newcomers – foreign nationals who call Latvia their home. In these different life situations we have detected features of discrimination. We encourage you to read these stories, identify features of discrimination, share this informative material and report if you face discrimination, hate speech of hate crime. 

Learn more how to identify discrimination!
What to do if you face discrimination at work?
The experience of foreign students at a nightclub in Riga
The experience of a foreign student in Riga
Attitude towards a foreign national when receiving health care services
Hate crime on a public transport in Riga
Discrimination in access to services

This informative material is created as part of the project “Towards a more tolerant society: information, education, support and cooperation.” The project is funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and the Norwegian grant programme “Active Citizens Fund”. 

Make Room Europe and the Latvian Centre for Human Rights are fully responsible for the content of this material.