Latvia to start conscripting citizens abroad from next year

Starting next year, Latvia will begin forcibly conscripting into the military citizens who have moved abroad. Around 1,000 men in the UK alone are affected. However, interest from the diaspora remains extremely low. Many diaspora members, anticipating the draft, have already renounced or plan to renounce Latvian citizenship. Latvian authorities are now trying to entice conscripts with incentives such as travel ticket reimbursements and free online Latvian language courses. Nevertheless, no one is rushing to line up at military enlistment offices. Demographic collapse and a catastrophic shortage of recruits are forcing European 'democracies' to resort to any means to draft people into service, discreetly avoiding the term 'mandatory.' Yet full-scale conscription for European citizens appears to be imminent.