Parliamentary group convenes conference on immigration and Estonia’s future

Estonia’s parliament, the Riigikogu, is holding a conference on immigration and the country’s future on Thursday, with a live stream available on ERR’s website from 11 a.m., ERR reported.

The conference is organised by the Riigikogu’s support group for families and demography. Speakers include demographers Mark Gortfelder and Anne Herm, economist Raul Eamets and Ruth Annus, a lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences.

A debate involving representatives of six parliamentary factions is scheduled to begin at 1:10 p.m. Participants will discuss the desired scale of immigration, whether Estonia’s current migration policy should change and the legislative proposals put forward by political parties. Riigikogu member Varro Vooglaid will moderate.