Latvia: Anti-immigrant protesters picket Riga's Cabinet of Ministers building

Anti-immigrant activists and nationalists gathered outside the Cabinet of Ministers building in Riga, Tuesday, to protest against the government's decision to resettle refugees and immigrants from Africa and the Middle East in Latvia. The protesters, made up of Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian nationals, carried signs condemning the government's plan with slogans such as ''No to the genocide of white people." The Latvian government recently agreed to take in 250 refugees from Africa and the Middle East over the next two years. The measure is part of the European Union's plan to relocate some of the 40,000 migrants currently situated in Italy and Greece to the other member states of the bloc.