necessity to provide support for the newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers. The responsible institutions have to draft the necessary procedures for profiling of refugees and asylum seekers in order to prevent persona non grata, especially from terrorism risk countries, entering and staying in the Republic of Latvia. Additionally, active information exchange concerning refugee issues with other countries and their responsible institutions must be provided. Reduction of the Radicalisation Risk The capacity of law enforcement agencies must be strengthen in order to pre-emptively identify the risk of radicalisation. These agencies must work together with non-governmental organisations to develop an early warning system and radicalisation prevention mechanisms – one of the main role in these efforts has to be attributed to the society. In order to reduce the risk of radicalisation, it is very important to educate the society by promoting the understanding about extremism being a serious threat to the civil society and its unity, as well as to the national security in general. 4.2. Prevention of Threats Caused by Intelligence and Security Agencies of Other Countries Action of foreign intelligence and security agencies (hereinafter – the Special Services) against the interests of the Republic of Latvia, NATO, and EU is one of the most significant threats to the national security that involves political, economic, military, and public spheres. Considering the fact that Latvia is a member of NATO and EU, as well as the geographic location of the country, the biggest threat comes from the Russian Special Services. The goal of the Russian Special Services is to procure publicly accessible information that would provide an advantage to the country that uses these services in making political, economic, and military decisions. Foreign special services not only gather information, but also executes so-called active measures that try to affect the decision making of the Republic of Latvia, NATO, and EU, as well as the opinion of the society in these territories. In order to achieve the surveillance goals, the foreign special services use various methods: acquisition of information from contact persons and information sources, technical and signal intelligence, as well as cyber intelligence, acquisition of information from disclosed sources. To