In July, Latvia pledged to accept 250 refugees over the next two years, including 200 refugees under the relocation program and 50 persons to be resettled through national and multilateral schemes.
According to the politician, 250 refugees is an insignificant amount of refugees compared to what Latvia could easily host.
"If we say that we can not take this amount of people and integrate them into our society, I think that Latvia signs a certificate of poverty, morally discrediting itself," the former president said as quoted by the local TV NET news portal.
Later in the day a protest against refugee resettlement in Latvia will be held in front of the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers' building in Riga.
Freiberga added that the debate does not address the concern of the local population, nor does it elaborate better ways to integrate refugees in Latvia, only helping politicians capitalize on an artificially exaggerated problem.
The implementation of the migrant quota scheme has become a topic of national debate in Latvia since the heads of EU member-states approved, on June 25, a plan to relocate some 40,000 migrants throughout the bloc and admit a further 20,000 asylum seekers.
