461 people requested asylum in Luxembourg this January and February, according to figures published by the Government today.
The number of applicants for international protection includes applicants who have arrived individually in Luxembourg and applicants for international protection relocated from Greece and Italy, in accordance with the decisions taken at European level. In January, Luxembourg relocated 28 Syrian people from Greece who are included in the figures and will follow the procedure for international protection.
Among those seeking protection, 80 came from Serbia and 79 from Syria, between them representing almost 35% of applicants.
In February 2017, 46 people of Syrian origin were resettled in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg according to the declaration between Europe and Turkey. These persons have been granted refugee status directly and are not counted either in the applications or in the decisions.
So far this year, the government has granted refugee status to 114 individuals, based on applications going back to 2012, while 82 applications were refused.
A decision to transfer 346 applicants based on applications from 2016 and this year also applied. 64 were transferred to other European countries under the Dublin III Regulation, which governs which member states are responsible for an asylum claim, a third of whom went to Germany. Nine applicants were transferred to Luxembourg under the Regulation.
So far this year, 63 people have been returned to their country of origin, with most leaving voluntarily.
